176 Mich. App. 167 - Couch v. Schultz’s Empirical Analysis
1989
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2
cited by 2 later decisions
March 2001
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“[a] recognized exception to the mutuality requirement [in] that collateral es-toppel may be raised defensively by a defendant in a subsequent action where that defendant and the defendant in the previous action had a special relationship, such as principal agent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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