McCutchen v. City of Montclair

How courts have described this case

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• noting that Nevada collateral estoppel law, which was applied in Haupt, is identical to California law
• noting that a preliminary hearing determination “may, in some situations, preclude… relitigating the issue of probable cause to arrest in a subsequent civil suit.
• litigants must have a “full and fair opportunity” to present their case for res judicata to apply
• litigants must have a \full and fair opportunity\ to present their case for res judicata to apply
• “A finding of probable cause to hold the defendant over for trial is a final judgment on the merits for the purposes of collateral estoppel.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).