Legal Opinion
McCoy v. Hernandez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 17, 2000No. 98-10958PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, Michael McCoy (“McCoy”) challenges the district court’s refusal to apply the doctrine of collateral estoppel in his § 1983 action against several officers in the Dallas Police Department. For the following reasons we affirm.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL-BACKGROUND
On the evening of September 29, 1994 McCoy and his business partner, Jim Franklin (“Franklin”) were involved in a physical altercation. The altercation took place on McCoy’s property where McCoy and Franklin lived in separate residences that were joined together by a breezeway. On the night of the…
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