Frederick L. Kunzelman, Cross-Appellee v. Gervase Thompson, Richard Giese and Juneau County, Wisconsin, Defendants- Cross-Appellants

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• concluding that collateral estoppel was inappropriate where defendant officers had no say in prosecutorial decisions
• holding “the criminal defendant turned plaintiff may not assert collateral estoppel against the state on issues requiring the state to shoulder the burden of proof”
• if county jail inmates enjoyed regular access to public defender, burden shifts to inmate to show that such access was inadequate
• if county jail inmates enjoyed regular access to public defender, burden shifts to inmate to show that such access was inadequate
• “A full evidentiary hearing is not always necessary to provide due process protection or a fair opportunity to litigate the issue”
• “In determining when collateral estoppel applies federal courts must look to state law and determine whether another state court would give preclusive effect to the prior proceeding.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).