United States judicial estoppelsection 1983

Lowery v. Stovall

92 F.3d 219 (4th Cir. 1996)

JurisdictionUnited States

CourtUnited States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Year1996

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Judicial estoppel bars a litigant from asserting a factual position clearly inconsistent with one he successfully maintained in a prior proceeding, the determinative factor being whether the party intentionally misled the court to gain unfair advantage.

Area of Law

General

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