Document Type
Article
Media Type
Text
Abstract
This article explores the area of "cross-over" collateral estoppel in civil/criminal actions. The article examines the legal history of the concept that a validly-entered judgment has issue-preclusive effects in a subsequent litigation. Following the exploration of collateral estoppel which "crosses over" from a civil to a criminal litigation, or vice versa, the article concludes that conventional arguments regarding the disutility of "cross-over" estoppel should be rejected, to be replaced with an analytical approach which recognizes the specific virtues which the concept can exhibit in an appropriate context.
First Page
141
Last Page
236
Publication Date
5-1-1987
Department
Other
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Brenner, Susan W.
(1987)
""Crossing-Over:" The Issue-Preclusive Effects of a Civil/Criminal Adjudication Upon a Proceeding of the Opposite Character,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 7:
Iss.
2, Article 1.
Suggested Citation
Susan W. Brenner, "Crossing-Over:" The Issue-Preclusive Effects of a Civil/Criminal Adjudication Upon a Proceeding of the Opposite Character, 7 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 141 (1987).
