United States v. Utah Construction & Mining Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that factfinding by Advisory Board of Contract Appeals was binding in subsequent Court of Claims action between same parties
• holding that the fact-finding of administrative bodies are properly afforded preclusive effect in District Court action
• holding that when an agency acts in a judicial capacity, giving parties an opportunity to litigate and resolving disputed issues of fact, the courts apply preclusion to the case
• holding that courts can give preclu-sive effect to certain administrative pro ceedings
• holding that res judicata may be applied in the administrative context when an administrative agency is acting in a judicial capacity; res judicata bars subsequent litigation following the agency's decision
• finding that administrative board acted in a judicial capacity when both parties were afforded a full and fair opportunity to litigate

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).