Parklane Hosiery v. Shore, No. 77-1305 (U.S. Supreme Court) (439 U.S. 322; 99 S.Ct. 645) (January 9, 1979) (Justice Stewart)
This is an important case in which the Court outlined the rules governing the use of offensive and defensive collateral estoppal in civil matters.
Essentially, in this case, where the Court first addressed the doctrine of "offensive collateral estoppel", the Court held held that although collateral estoppel jurisprudence generally places ...
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