Cutter v. Town of Durham

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• where no appeal was taken from prior judgment, decision was final and party was collaterally estopped from relitigating same issue in later case
• mutuality of parties not always required under the doctrine of collateral estoppel
• “[U]nder the doctrine of collateral estop-pel, it is not essential that there be mutuality of the parties. A party who, after full litigation, has lost on an issue is thereafter barred from litigating the issue with new parties.” (citations omitted)

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