· 9/1/2017
State v. Mundegerick Mitchum
Citations
- 227 So. 3d 697
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining that treating as preclusive an issue “implicitly raised” in a prior proceeding would conflate the “necessarily decided” and “actually litigated” requirements
- holding, in immigration context, that a grant of asylum does not preclude the government’s subsequent litigation of an asylum requirement neither litigated nor addressed in the original action
- setting forth the elements of issue preclusion and explaining that “an issue is actually litigated when an issue is raised, contested, and submitted for determination”
- listing as element of issue 22 preclusion that “the issue was actually litigated and decided in the prior proceedings,” and “the issue was necessary to decide the merits” (quotation omitted)
- explaining difference between “actually litigated” and “full and fair opportunity” requirements
- “Even if an issue is not explicitly raised, if it is necessary to the ultimate determination, it is “necessarily decided.’”
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Judges: Berger, Edwards
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