United States Second Circuit

The court vacated trial court's dismissal, because if the plaintiff could prove it's allegations that defendant actively assisted in the presentation of fraudulent evidence to an arbitration panel, reducing plaintiff's damage recovery in an previous related proceeding, collateral estoppel would be inapplicable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/28/2004
• Published 06/28/2004

Judges

• LEVAL, Circuit Judge., Before:  LEVAL, SOTOMAYOR, and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Henry J. Fieldman, Fieldman Hay & Ullman, LLP, New York, NY (Anthony B. Ullman, on the brief), for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• E. Michael Bradley, Jones Day, New York, NY (Mark S. Mandel and Traci L. Lovitt, on the brief), for Appellees.