United States Ninth Circuit

The holding of a California trial court had a collateral estoppel effect that precludes plaintiff from continuing to pursue her action in federal court, even where a California appellate court applied different reasoning in affirming the trial court decision.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/05/2002
• Decided 03/21/2003
• Published 03/21/2003

Judges

• Before McKEOWN and PAEZ, Circuit Judges, and POLLAK, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Allison Fairchild, Alameda, CA, and David A. Prentice, Prentice & Schaap, Sacramento, CA, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• J. Scott Smith and Laurence L. Angelo, Angelo, Kilday & Kilduff, Sacramento, CA, for appellee, County of Tehama., Stephen E. Horan,Porter, Scott, Weiberg & Delehant, Sacramento, CA, for appellees, Robert Heard and Jerry Floyd.