Zeidwig v. Ward

How courts have described this case

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• approving the use of nonmutual, defensive collateral estoppel to prevent a defendant from relitigating issues from a prior criminal proceeding
• offensive use occurs when a plaintiff seeks to prevent a defendant from relitigating an identical issue previously decided against that defendant
• offensive use occurs when a plaintiff seeks to prevent a defendant from re-litigating an identical issue previously decided against that defendant
• an offensive use of collateral estoppel occurs when a plaintiff seeks to prevent a defendant from raising or contesting an identical issue previously decided against that defendant
• offensive use occurs when a plaintiff seeks to prevent a defendant from re-litigating an 18 identical issue previously decided against that defendant
• identity or mutuality of parties not required for the defensive use of collateral estoppel; criminal defendant prevented from relitigating, in a civil suit, same claims previously litigated in criminal proceeding.

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