LYTLE v. HOUSEHOLD MANUFACTURING INC.

No. 88-334.

494 U.S. 545 (1990)

LYTLE v. HOUSEHOLD MANUFACTURING, INC., DBA SCHWITZER TURBOCHARGERS

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 20, 1990


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith Reed argued the cause for petitioner. With her on the briefs were Julius LeVonne Chambers, Charles Stephen Ralston, Ronald L. Ellis, Eric Schnapper, and Penda D. Hair.

H. Lane Dennard, Jr., argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was A. Bruce Clarke.*


JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

In Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore, 439 U.S. 322 (1979), we held that a court's determinations of issues in an equitable action could collaterally estop relitigation of the same issues in a subsequent legal action without violating a litigant's right to a jury trial. Id., at 333. In this case, petitioner brought both equitable and legal claims in the same action...

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