Opinion ID: 4561663
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Fully and Fairly Litigated

Text: The district court found that, through the Certiorari Action, Edgewater and the City had a full and fair opportunity to litigate whether the Commission had sufficient basis to deny Edgewater’s application. See Paresky v. Miami-Dade Cnty. Bd. of Cnty. Comm’rs, 893 So. 2d 664, 666 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005) (per curiam) (holding that “certiorari review in the [Florida] circuit court” provided a full and fair opportunity to litigate and collateral estoppel applied). Edgewater argues now that collateral estoppel should not apply because its “equal protection claim has never been litigated.” But collateral estoppel applies whenever two actions share a legal issue. Johnson, 576 F.2d at 611. A shared cause of action is not required. See id. On this record, we affirm the district court’s holding that collateral estoppel applies. Edgewater was able to fully and fairly litigate the issue 11 Case: 19-14330 Date Filed: 08/31/2020 Page: 12 of 16 of whether its application should have been approved because it met the regulatory requirements.