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.]
