Freehling v. MGIC Financial Corp.

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• findings and conclusions of bankruptcy court could have bound state court under res judicata if there had been identity of thing sued for in two actions
• noting it must be shown that an issue was “formerly determined with sufficient certainty”
• party claiming benefit of collateral estoppel bears burden to show with certainty that issue was formerly determined

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).