Blonder-Tongue

1. What is this case of, offense or defensive nonmutual collateral estoppel? Was the precluded party a plaintiff or a defendant in the original suit?

2. What is the Supreme Court's justifications for retreating from the mutuality requirement?

3. How far does the Supreme Court allow nonmutual collateral estoppel go in Blonder-Tongue and what defenses to collateral estoppel does the Court suggest might be available?

Parklane Hosiery

4. Why did the defendants claim that the use of nonmutual collateral estoppel in this case would deprive them of their right to a jury trial?

5. What defenses to offensive nonmutual collateral estoppel does the court suggest? Do they make sense?