Kauffman v. Moss
Kauffman v. Moss, District Attorney of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Kauffman v. Moss, 400 U.S. 846 (1970)
Opinion of the Court
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C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.
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(issues essential to guilty verdict must be treated as having been determined by the judgment)
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(“[reasonable doubt as to what was decided by a prior [criminal] judgment should be resolved against using it as an estoppel [in a later civil action]”)
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(complaint in a civil rights action is insufficient because it was “broad and conclusory”)
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(prior criminal judgment is Res judicata only on issues tendered to the jury)
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(“.. . there can be no collateral estoppel effect as to matters not specifically determined or which were not otherwise essential to the determination of guilt.”)
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(failure to allege facts showing existence of conspiracy fatal to § 1985 conspiracy claim)
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