Legal Opinion
Greene v. Bowen
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided October 28, 1988No. Civ. A. No. 87-4156PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
DITTER, District Judge.
The question in this case is whether a decision by a state administrative agency is binding on a federal administrative agency. *1181I conclude that because the issues before the two agencies were not the same, the doctrine of collateral estoppel does not apply-
Plaintiff seeks a ruling that a finding by an appeals referee of the Pennsylvania Office of Employment Security (OES) is binding on a federal administrative judge for the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB).1 Plaintiff, a federal employee, requested leave without pay due to injuries sustained in…
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- Migra v. Warren City School District Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois FoundationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. Utah Construction & Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Butler v. Elwyn InstituteDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1991
- Greene (Kenneth A.) v. Sullivan (Louis W., m.d.)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991