SALAZAR v. CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY

No. 88,987.

976 P.2d 1056 (1999)

1999 OK 20

Benny Ray SALAZAR, Appellant/Plaintiff, v. The CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY, Appellee/Defendant, Oklahoma City Police Department, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

March 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura A. Shaeffer, Shaeffer & Shaeffer, Norman, Oklahoma for Appellant.

Richard Mann, Assistant Municipal Counselor, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for Appellee.


OPALA, J.

¶ 1 The dispositive issue on certiorari is whether the trial court erred in giving summary judgment to Oklahoma City [City]. We answer in the affirmative and reverse. The trial judge's ruling on City's issue-preclusion defense cannot be sustained. It rests on an inadequate record of the earlier federal-court action. The cause is accordingly remanded (a) for comprehensive reappraisal in light...

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