This article explores the area of "cross-over" collateral estoppel in civil/criminal actions. The article examines the legal history of the concept that a validly-entered judgment has issue-preclusive effects in a subsequent litigation. Following the exploration of collateral estoppel which "crosses over" from a civil to a criminal litigation, or vice versa, the article concludes that conventional arguments regarding the disutility of "cross-over" estoppel should be rejected, to be replaced with an analytical approach which recognizes the specific virtues which the concept can exhibit in an appropriate context
When an individual opts out of a federal class action, that person is shielded from the impact of a ...
Defendant had pleaded guilty to specific criminal charges under the False Claims Act. The United Sta...
This comment reviews and evaluates the difficult subject of collateral estoppel in Pennsylvania. Its...
Collateral estoppel is an aspect of the doctrine of res judicata that precludes relitigation of issu...
Collateral estoppel has been defined as the facet of the doctrine of judicial finality that deals w...
In Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore, the United States Supreme Court ap- -proved the offensive, unilate...
This article addresses whether the expansion of the doctrine of issue preclusion in the federal crim...
Perhaps no legal doctrine has been the source of so much confusion and misunderstanding as collatera...
Where the parties settle a dispute and a court enters a judgment upon the parties\u27 consent, that ...
The doctrine of collateral estoppel involves the use of an old judgment in a new action to prevent t...
Offensive collateral estoppel occurs when a plaintiff estops a defendant from relitigating an issue ...
Published in cooperation with the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolutio
This Note initially discusses the doctrine of collateral estoppel and its policy justifications. Nex...
Plaintiff corporations, the sole shareholder of which was their president, sued defendant insurers t...
The disposition of a criminal case may affect the criminal defendant in later civil litigation. This...
When an individual opts out of a federal class action, that person is shielded from the impact of a ...
Defendant had pleaded guilty to specific criminal charges under the False Claims Act. The United Sta...
This comment reviews and evaluates the difficult subject of collateral estoppel in Pennsylvania. Its...
Collateral estoppel is an aspect of the doctrine of res judicata that precludes relitigation of issu...
Collateral estoppel has been defined as the facet of the doctrine of judicial finality that deals w...
In Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore, the United States Supreme Court ap- -proved the offensive, unilate...
This article addresses whether the expansion of the doctrine of issue preclusion in the federal crim...
Perhaps no legal doctrine has been the source of so much confusion and misunderstanding as collatera...
Where the parties settle a dispute and a court enters a judgment upon the parties\u27 consent, that ...
The doctrine of collateral estoppel involves the use of an old judgment in a new action to prevent t...
Offensive collateral estoppel occurs when a plaintiff estops a defendant from relitigating an issue ...
Published in cooperation with the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolutio
This Note initially discusses the doctrine of collateral estoppel and its policy justifications. Nex...
Plaintiff corporations, the sole shareholder of which was their president, sued defendant insurers t...
The disposition of a criminal case may affect the criminal defendant in later civil litigation. This...
When an individual opts out of a federal class action, that person is shielded from the impact of a ...
Defendant had pleaded guilty to specific criminal charges under the False Claims Act. The United Sta...
This comment reviews and evaluates the difficult subject of collateral estoppel in Pennsylvania. Its...