Legal Opinion
B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 24, 2015No. 13–352PublishedCited by 210 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Alito
Sometimes two different tribunals are asked to decide the same issue. When that happens, the decision of the first tribunal usually must be followed by the second, at least if the issue is really the same. Allowing the same issue to be decided more than once wastes litigants' resources and adjudicators' time, and it *1299encourages parties who lose before one tribunal to shop around for another. The doctrine of collateral estoppel or issue preclusion is designed to prevent this from occurring.
This case concerns the application of issue preclusion in the context of trademark law. Petitioner, B & B…
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