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Second Circuit· 8/22/2019

Bifolck v. Philip Morris

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  • 936 F.3d 74

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  • where plaintiff sought to import factual findings from a voluminous prior civil RICO action, the Second Circuit “agree[d] with the district court that it is virtually impossible to determine which, if any, factual findings were necessary to the finding of liability”
  • noting the general “judicial wariness of nonmutual offensive collateral estoppel”
  • noting the general “judicial wariness of nonmutual offensive collateral estoppel”
  • noting the general “judicial wariness of nonmutual offensive collateral estoppel”
  • noting the general “judicial wariness of nonmutual offensive collateral estoppel”
  • “[T]he identicality standard does not require either that the two cases have the same scope or that they involve the same causes of action. Rather, it is met . . . so long as the issues are identical.” (emphasis in original) (citation omitted)

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