Southeastern Illinois Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Human Rights Commission

PRESIDING JUSTICE KARNS,

dissenting:

Because I believe the doctrine of collateral estoppel applies in this instance, I would reverse the judgment of the Human Rights Commission.

The doctrine of collateral estoppel or “issue preclusion” provides that an adjudication on the merits of an issue by a court of competent jurisdiction precludes relitigation of the same issue in a subsequent action despite the fact that a different cause of action is pleaded in the subsequent action. (See Johnson v. Nationwide Business Forms, Inc. (1981), 103 Ill. App. 3d 631, 633, 431 N.E.2d 1096, 1097; Morris v. Union…