· 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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