AMOCO OIL CO. v. JOHNSTONE

No. 87-2916.

856 F.2d 967 (1988)

AMOCO OIL COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald V. JOHNSTONE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 14, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Kennard Bennett, Indianapolis, Ind., for defendant-appellant.

William P. Wooden, Wooden McLaughlin & Sterner, Indianapolis, Ind., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WOOD, Jr., and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and REYNOLDS, Senior District Judge.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The only issue is whether or not collateral estoppel, or issue preclusion, is applicable to this second lawsuit between the same parties.1 In a bench trial the district judge held that it was.

Plaintiff Amoco Oil Company (Amoco) brought this suit seeking declaratory judgment that Amoco, under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (PMPA), had properly terminated or nonrenewed a lease with defendant...

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