Ashe v. Swenson
397 U.S. 436 (1970) Cited 3,523 times 12 Legal AnalysesHolding that the Double Jeopardy Clause prevents a defendant acquitted of robbing one participant at a poker game from being prosecuted for robbing any of the other participants at the same game
Ryan v. New York Tel. Co.
62 N.Y.2d 494 (N.Y. 1984) Cited 1,612 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that for an issue to be deemed identical “it must be the point actually to be determined in the second action or proceeding such that a different judgment in the second would destroy or impair rights or interests established by the first.”
Buechel v. Bain
97 N.Y.2d 295 (N.Y. 2001) Cited 697 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that two partners at a law firm were in privity with a third partner and had had the full and fair opportunity to litigate their claims when the third partner had litigated them because their interests were "aligned" with that of the third partner, their "right to receive payments were coextensive" with the right of the third partner, and they recognized that adjudication of the third partner's claim would have "consequences for them."
Kaufman v. Lilly Co.
65 N.Y.2d 449 (N.Y. 1985) Cited 997 timesRecognizing that the doctrine is "based upon the general notion that it is not fair to permit a party to relitigate an issue that has already been decided against it"
D'Arata v. N Y Cent. Fire Ins. Co.
76 N.Y.2d 659 (N.Y. 1990) Cited 611 timesHolding that collateral estoppel is grounded on concepts of fairness and should not be rigidly or mechanically applied
People v. Bachert
69 N.Y.2d 593 (N.Y. 1987) Cited 261 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that appellate counsel ineffectiveness claims must be raised in writ of error coram nobis
Liss v. Trans Auto Systems, Inc.
68 N.Y.2d 15 (N.Y. 1986) Cited 218 timesIn Liss v. Trans Auto Systems, Inc., 68 N.Y.2d 15, 20-21, 505 N.Y.S.2d 831, 496 N.E.2d 851 (1986), the New York Court of Appeals held that the Board has primary jurisdiction regarding the availability of Workers' Compensation and plaintiff must litigate this issue before the Board.
Water Co. v. Fire Dist
72 N.Y.2d 147 (N.Y. 1988) Cited 199 timesFinding collateral estoppel inapplicable where defendant was not a party to the earlier proceeding
American Home Assurance Co. v. International Ins. Co.
90 N.Y.2d 433 (N.Y. 1997) Cited 117 timesHolding that because the plaintiff's arguments concerned "a pure question of law," "the doctrine of collateral estoppel does not preclude [the plaintiff] from litigating that issue again"
People C. v. D'Alessandro
2009 N.Y. Slip Op. 7669 (N.Y. 2009) Cited 64 times 1 Legal AnalysesReversing the Appellate Division's decision declining to review the merits of a second coram nobis application