Perez v. Y & M Transp. Corp.

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• recognizing that many procedural devices 22 that limit a civil jury’s domain, including directed verdict, retrial, and summary judgment, are not inconsistent with the Seventh Amendment
• concluding that the use of offensive collateral estoppel should not be precluded in federal courts
• recognizing that the fear of related private litigation is often an impetus to defend vigorously a suit brought by the government
• concluding that the use of offensive collateral estoppel should not be precluded in federal courts
• holding that the discrepancies in the amounts at issue between the two actions may make the application of collateral estoppel inappropriate
• concluding that equitable determination can have collateral-estoppel effect in subsequent legal action without violating Seventh Amendment

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