California Court of Appeal

In a case involving tension between the application of collateral estoppel to "pay first, litigate later" rule under section 32 of article XIII of the California Constitution, section 32 takes precedence over collateral estoppel doctrine.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/25/2008
• Published 03/26/2008

Judges

• STEVENS, J.*

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Paul B. Justi, Esq., Law Offices of Paul B. Justi, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Esq., Paul D. Gifford, Esq., Attorney General of the State of California, for Respondent.