STEVENS

v.

NORTH CAROLINA

Citator

Cited By (12 total)

• I.A. Durbin, Inc. v. Jefferson Nat'l Bank, 793 F.2d 1541 (11th Cir. 1986)
  …th suits; and (4) the same cause of action must be involved in both cases. See, e.g., Hart v. Yamaha-Parts Distributors, Inc., 787 F. 2d 1468, 1470 (11th Cir.1986); Ray v. Tennessee Valley Authority, 677 F. 2d 813, 821 (11th Cir.1982), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1147, 103 S.Ct. 788, 74 L.Ed.2d 994 (1983). Collateral estoppel or issue preclusion forecloses relitigation of an issue of fact or law that has been litigated and decided in a prior suit. There are several prerequisites to the application of collateral…
• Motive Parts Warehouse v. Facet Enters., 774 F.2d 380 (10th Cir. 1985)
  …r.1967). The trial court may direct a verdict only where the evidence and all inferences to be drawn therefrom are so clear that reasonable minds could not differ on the conclusion. Taylor v. Gilmartin, 686 F. 2d 1346 (10th Cir.1982), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1147, 103 S.Ct. 788, 74 L.Ed.2d 994 (1983). The evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to the party against whom the directed verdict is sought, and if, on the basis of the evidence and inferences to be drawn therefrom, reasonable and fair-…
• NEU v. Corcoran, 869 F.2d 662 (2d Cir. 1989)
  …Ray v. Tennessee Valley Authority, 677 F. 2d 818, 824 (11th Cir.1982) (rejecting discharged public employee’s due process claim where the alleged defamation “did not 'occur in connection with’ the asserted deprivation of employment”), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1147, 103 S.Ct. 788, 74 L.Ed.2d 994 (1983); Havas v. Thornton, 609 F. 2d 372 (9th Cir.1979) (holding that governmental defamation unconnected with any refusal to rehire, or to alteration or termination of a right or status previously recognized by state,…