Legal Opinion
United States v. County of Cook, Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 30, 1999No. 98-1107PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
This long-running dispute about real estate taxation of two buildings in which the United States was a tenant was resolved by United States v. Hynes, 20 F.3d 1437 (7th Cir.1994) (en banc). Or so we thought. But the United States now contends that because its lawyers neglected to invoke sovereign immunity it is entitled to a fresh adjudication. Needless to say, the taxing authorities reply that claim preclusion (res judicata) cannot be avoided by raising new arguments; judgments are conclusive not only with respect to arguments actually made, but also with respect to…
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