· 7/31/2009
In Re Zachary G.
Citations
- 982 A.2d 367
- 159 N.H. 146
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- recognizing that judicial estoppel “protects judicial integrity by preventing a party from prevailing in one phase of a case using one argument and then relying upon a contradictory argument to prevail in another phase” (quotation and brackets omitted)
- declining, in light of the potential adverse impact on the public interest, to apply collateral estoppel in termination of parental rights proceeding
- criticizing rule from The Evergreens and citing favorably a tentative draft of comment j
- criticizing rule from The Evergreens and citing favorably a tentative draft of comment j
- family division's findings will not be disturbed unless unsupported by the evidence or plainly erroneous as a matter of law
- explaining collateral estoppel under New Hampshire law
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Judges: Hicks, Broderick, Dalianis, Duggan
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