William T. Schmitt, et al. v. Craig M. Stephens, et al.
1. Whether the successful appeal of a final judgment by
a "closely interwoven" co-defendant equitably relieves
a non-appealing defendant of the preclusive effects of
that adverse final judgment.
2. Whether an appellate court's rejection of a prevailing
plaintiff's "key legal argument" supporting the
plaintiff's final judgment constitutes a "special
circumstance" justifying the denial of an attorney's fee
award under 42 U.S.C. § 1988(b) from a non-appealing
defendant who remains bound by the judgment.
3. Whether Sole v. Wyner overrides the principles of res
judicata recognized in Federated Department Stores v.
Moitie.
Whether the successful appeal of a final judgment by a 'closely interwoven' co-defendant equitably relieves a non-appealing defendant of the preclusive effects of that adverse final judgment