Legal Opinion
McDaniels v. Mobil Oil Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 30, 2007No. 05-55225Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM *
After appellant Don McDaniels was terminated from his job at a refinery operated by appellee Mobil Oil (“Mobil”) in 2000, he sued for wrongful termination and disability discrimination. Prior to trial, Mobil filed a motion in limine to exclude on collateral estoppel grounds any evidence and arguments related to “environmental issues” litigated in an earlier state court action resolved against McDaniels. The district court granted the motion without explanation, the jury subsequently entered a verdict for Mobil, and McDaniels now appeals. He argues that the district court’s…
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