467 So. 2d 706 - Dudley v. Carroll’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore · 223 So. 2d 713 - Shingleton v. Bussey · Quinn v. Millard · 219 So. 2d 51 - Hill v. Colonial Enterprises, Inc. · 352 So. 2d 921 - Zurich Ins. Co. v. Bartlett
Most-quoted passages
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“The general rule should be that in cases where a plaintiff could easily have joined in the earlier action or where, either for the reasons discussed above or for other reasons, the application of offensive es-toppel would be unfair to a defendant, a trial judge should not allow the use of offensive collateral estoppel.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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