Satinder S. Rekhi v. Wildwood Industries, Incorporated

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• holding that federal courts are, in the absence of a decision by the state’s highest court, required to treat an intermediate state appellate court decision as authoritative unless it is abundantly clear that the case was wrongly decided
• explaining that under Illinois law a judicial finding will be given collateral estoppel effect only if reached after a full and fair hearing
• observing that issue preclusion can apply to issues of law and issues of fact
• noting split among Illinois appellate court decisions on subject and predicting that this court would follow general rule and apply collateral estoppel equally to rulings of law and findings of fact
• noting split among Illinois appellate court decisions on subject and predicting that this court would follow general rule and apply collateral estoppel equally to rulings of law and findings of fact
• “[S]trictly speaking, jurisdictional issues should be resolved ahead of is- sues on the merits.”

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