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· 5/28/1987

Madeline Ritter v. Mount St. Mary's College

Citations

  • 814 F.2d 986

How courts have described this case

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  • rejecting argument that \collateral\ means the issues must arise in separate actions
  • noting “general rule” that alternative findings are not given preclusive effect, but nonetheless applying collateral estoppel to an alternative ground for a judgment that was fully litigated
  • noting the “general rule” that alternative findings are not given preclusive effect, but nonetheless applying collateral estoppel to an alternative ground for a judgment that was fully litigated
  • noting the “general rule” that alternative rulings are not given preclusive effect, but nonetheless applying collateral estoppel to an alternative ground for a judgment that was fully litigated
  • claim of denial of tenure in EEOC charge insufficient to support a general discrimination claims under ADEA in subsequent Title YII complaint
  • “where legal and equitable claims are contained in the same set of facts, the right to a jury trial, which the legal claims permit, should predominate, precluding the prior determination of the factual issues by a court sitting in equity.”

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Judges: Ervin, Chapman, Wilkins

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