Adriana Holt v. County of Orange

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• holding that Section 9(f) requires, inter alia, “a misstatement or omission . . . of material fact . . . made with scienter” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• holding that Section 9(f) requires, inter alia, “a misstatement or omission . . . of material fact . . . made with scienter” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• observing that the reason for policy favoring settlements is that they avoid litigation; this policy does not apply when the entire trial had run its course and only the entry of adverse judgment remains
• reasoning that a party who makes a tactical decision to risk an adverse decision by fully litigating an issue should not be able to avoid offensive collateral estoppel by later settling the case
• applying collateral estoppel even though prior case had been settled and dismissed with prejudice before the entry of final judgment
• error to omit contested material issues of duty to disclose, intent to induce action and material inducement in Texas statutory fraud action

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