JOHN R. BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge:
The District Court allowed the offensive use of collateral estoppel by granting Taft Coal Company's motion for summary judgment. We reverse the District Court because the prior ruling on the issue presented here was not crucial and necessary to the holding and thus can not be used as offensive collateral estoppel.
A.J. Taft Coal Company (Taft) brought this class action on behalf of all Alabama coal companies who are signatories...
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