Collateral estoppel, or issue preclusion, the Court of Appeals found, "precludes a party from relitigating in a subsequent action or proceeding an issue clearly raised in a prior action or proceeding ...
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a declaratory judgment action, explaining that declaratory judgment jurisdiction does not “arise merely on the ...
Family Law Declaratory Judgment in Divorce Action Unappealable, Court Rules The recent Pennsylvania Superior Court case of Moser v. Renninger, 2012 Pa. Super. 59, 1037 MDA 2011 (March 6, 2012), ...
Federal contractors understandably associate litigation at the Court of Federal Claims (COFC) with recovering monetary damages. Appealing denied claims to the COFC (along with the Boards of Contract ...
The legal challenge surrounding the Liberia Football Association (LFA) eligibility dispute has renewed attention on the role of declaratory judgments in conflicts between private institutions and ...
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