Legal Opinion
Gelb v. Royal Globe Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 8, 1986No. 873, Docket 85-7667PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:.
Plaintiff Joseph Gelb appeals from a judgment of the District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Mark A. Costantino, Judge) dismissing Gelb’s complaint against defendant-appellee Royal Globe Insurance Company (“Royal”) and awarding Royal $81,499.98, plus interest, on a counterclaim.1 Gelb contends that the District Court improperly accorded preclusive effect to his prior criminal conviction for mail fraud. For reasons that follow, we hold that Gelb’s criminal conviction precluded his own claim but did not justify entering judgment for Royal on its…
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