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← 176 Mich. App. 167 - Couch v. Schultz

176 Mich. App. 167 - Couch v. Schultz’s Empirical Analysis

1989

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
March 2001
most recently cited

Most-quoted passages

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  1. “[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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