Legal Opinion
Ali Baba Co., Inc. v. Wilco, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 10, 1984No. 83-793PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROGERS, Associate Judge:
Appellant contends that the trial court erred in ruling that appellees were not collaterally estopped from raising the same defenses in this suit to collect a deficiency on a note as they had raised in a prior landlord and tenant action for possession in which summary judgment was granted against appellees after they had interposed a plea of title. We agree that appellant can properly assert a claim of nonmutual offensive collateral estoppel. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment for appellees and remand this case to the trial court with instructions to enter a judgment…
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