THOMPSON v. STATE DEPT. OF LICENSING

No. 67225-3.

982 P.2d 601 (1999)

138 Wash.2d 783

Clayton THOMPSON, Petitioner, v. STATE of Washington DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided August 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brungardt & Lowe, Bruce Finlay, Shelton, for Petitioner.

Christine Gregoire, Attorney General, Sharon S. Eckholm, Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, for Respondent.


TALMADGE, J.

We must decide in this case if an allegedly erroneous decision in a criminal proceeding, from which the State declined to appeal, has preclusive effect in a subsequent administrative action by a State agency against the same individual. Applying our traditional test for collateral estoppel, we hold the decision in the criminal proceeding precludes a different decision in a subsequent administrative action on...

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