COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL

collateral estoppel (e-stop-<<schwa>>l).1. The binding effect of a judgment as to matters actually litigated and determined in one action on later controversies between the parties involving a different claim from that on which the original judgment was based. 2. A doctrine barring a party from relitigating an issue determined against that party in an earlier action, even if the second action differs significantly from the first one. — Also termed issue preclusion; issue estoppel; direct estoppel; estoppel by judgment; estoppel by record; estoppel by verdict; cause-of-action estoppel; technical estoppel; estoppel per rem judicatam. Cf. RES JUDICATA. [Cases: Judgment  634, 713, 948(1). C.J.S. Judgments §§ 697–703, 707, 779–782, 803–806, 834, 930–931, 933.] administrative collateral estoppel.Estoppel that arises from a decision made by an agency acting in a judicial capacity. [Cases: Administrative Law and Procedure  501. C.J.S. Public Administrative Law and Procedure §§ 155–156.] defensive collateral estoppel.Estoppel asserted by a defendant to prevent a plaintiff from relitigating an issue previously decided against the plaintiff. [Cases: Judgment  632. C.J.S. Judgments §§ 828, 831, 834–836, 841.] nonmutual collateral estoppel.Estoppel asserted either offensively or defensively by a nonparty to an earlier action to prevent a party to that earlier action from relitigating an issue determined against it. offensive collateral estoppel.Estoppel asserted by a plaintiff to prevent a defendant from relitigating an issue previously decided against the defendant. [Cases: Judgment  632. C.J.S. Judgments §§ 828, 831, 834–836, 841.] [Blacks Law 8th]