collateral-estoppel doctrine
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From 493 U.S. 342 - Dowling v. United States · 1990Most cited · 2,306 citing opinions
providing that "when an issue of ultimate fact has once been determined by a valid and final judgment, that issue cannot again be litigated between the same parties in any future lawsuit." Id., at 443, 90 S.Ct., at 1194.