Ashe v. Swenson

Holding 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

Cunningham v. Hamilton County

Holding that a sanctions order imposed solely on an attorney is not immediately appealable

Ryan v. New York Tel. Co.

Holding 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.”

D'Arata v. N Y Cent. Fire Ins. Co.

Holding that collateral estoppel is grounded on concepts of fairness and should not be rigidly or mechanically applied

Schwartz v. Public Administrator

Finding that mutuality is not required for collateral estoppel, as long as the party against whom the doctrine is invoked has had a full opportunity to litigate the issue

Gilberg v. Barbieri

Concluding conviction for petty offense of harassment did not preclude defendant from contesting merits of subsequent civil suit for assault where defendant did not have incentive to litigate thoroughly in prior action given the "minor" significance of the petty violation, the lack of a right to a jury trial, the lack of vigor typical of the defense of such violations, and the lack of any indication that the parties anticipated the determination would be used against defendant in later litigation

Water Co. v. Fire Dist

Finding collateral estoppel inapplicable where defendant was not a party to the earlier proceeding

Interconnect Planning Corp. v. Feil

Holding "[t]he invention must be viewed not with the blueprint drawn by the inventor, but in the state of the art that existed at the time"

Lummus Company v. Commonwealth Oil Refining Co.

Finding that issue preclusion barred the relitigation of a court determination after a divorce that the marital home would be sold by a trustee rather than subject to partition

Matter of McGrath v. Gold

Holding that "there was not the requisite finality [to invoke collateral estoppel] since the dismissal would not bar a trial based on a subsequent accusatory instrument charging the identical offenses"

Section 1291 - Final decisions of district courts

Granting jurisdiction to the courts of appeals from final decisions of federal district courts "except where a direct review may be had in the Supreme Court"

Rule 11 - Signing Pleadings, Motions, and Other Papers; Representations to the Court; Sanctions

Holding an "unrepresented party" to the same standard as an attorney

Section 1927 - Counsel's liability for excessive costs

Granting courts the power to charge "excess costs, expenses, and attorneys' fees reasonably incurred" due to "unreasonabl[e] and vexatious" conduct

Section 806.5 - Staff of the Attorney Grievance Committee for the Third Judicial Department