ON PETITION TO TRANSFER
BOEHM, Justice.
We hold that a trial court should apply offensive collateral estoppel against a convicted criminal defendant on issues that were defended vigorously in the criminal case in the absence of a showing that it is unfair to the defendant to give conclusive effect to the conviction.
Factual and Procedural Background
A full recitation of the facts of Carl M. Tobias' criminal case is found in Tobias v...
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