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· 6/14/1979

Peterson v. Department of Ecology

Citations

  • 596 P.2d 285
  • 92 Wash. 2d 306
  • 13 ERC (BNA) 1785
  • 1979 Wash. LEXIS 1333

How courts have described this case

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  • finding issues were not necessarily determined where an administrative board’s conclusions of law held that it lacked jurisdiction to adjudicate the issues
  • collateral estoppel precludes parties from relitigating issues which have been \actually and necessarily contested and determined\ in prior actions
  • collateral estoppel inapplicable where administrative board’s decision is “ambiguous and inconsistent”

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Judges: Williams, Utter, Rosellini, Stafford, Wright, Brachtenbach, Horowitz, Dolliver, Hicks

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