Court Opinion

ID: 9791733
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 02:16:46.610245+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:38.180041
License: Public Domain

CROCKETT, Justice
(concurring specially).
I concur in the decision under the facts of this case including application of the doctrine of collateral estoppel thereto. However, as to that doctrine, I prefer to reserve commitment in generality. While I agree to its application under the facts here, I also believe that there may be circumstances where justice would require that a party be permitted to litigate an issue in a new and different lawsuit with different parties, even though such an issue may have been oncé adjudicated between himself and others. Thus, the proper application of the doctrine should depend upon what the ends of justice require in the circumstances of the particular case.