Lytle v. Household Manufacturing, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
In Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore, 439 U. S. 322 (1979), we held that a court’s determinations of issues in an equitable action could collaterally estop relitigation of the same issues in a subsequent legal action without violating a litigant’s right to a jury trial. Id., at 333. In this case, petitioner brought both equitable and legal claims in the same action, but the District Court erroneously dismissed the legal claims. We must determine whether the District Court’s resolution of the issues raised by petitioner’s equitable claims bars re-litigation of the same issues before a jury in the…
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