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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Leblanc v. Tuckertown Village Association, 95-0009 (1997) (1997)

Citation
Leblanc v. Tuckertown Village Association, 95-0009 (1997) (1997)
Parent Document
Leblanc v. Tuckertown Village Association, 95-0009 (1997) (1997)
Jurisdiction
Rhode Island (state)
Effective Date
1997-10-08

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Collateral estoppel "means simply 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." E.W. Audet Sons v. Fireman'sFund Ins., 635 A.2d 1181, 1186 (R.I. 1994) (quoting Ashe v.Swenson, 397 U.S. 436, 443, 90 S.Ct. 1189, 1194, 25 L.Ed.2d 469, 475 (1970)). The requirements are "(1) that there be an identity of issues, (2) that the prior proceeding resulted in a final judgment on the merits, and (3) that the party against whom collateral estoppel is asserted be the same as or in privity with a party in the prior proceeding." Id.