Kennedy v. City of Seattle

How courts have described this case

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• holding that it would be \manifestly unjust\ to use collateral estoppel to allow the constitutionality of a statute to be determined by an unappealed municipal court ruling
• holding that it would be “manifestly unjust” to use collateral estoppel to allow the constitutionality of a statute to be determined by an unappealed municipal court ruling
• holding that an appellate court is the most appropriate forum to decide matters of constitutionality
• issues may be of sufficient public importance to bar the use of collateral estoppel
• issues may be of sufficient public importance to bar the use of collateral estoppel

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