Stepp v. United States

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “we find no inequity in the conclusion that collateral estoppel operates to bar relitigation of issues that were decided in the state suit and are controlling in this one”
• “[T]he central inquiry is whether the same question raised in a subsequent suit was actually litigated and decided in the prior suit, which turns on the determi- nation whether the issue was properly placed in dispute and was resolved by the trier of fact.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).