Legal Opinion
Amos v. Shelton
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 30, 1985No. 83-1112PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERRY, Associate Judge:
Appellee Shelton, a Pennsylvania resident, brought this action to enforce a judgment he. had obtained in Pennsylvania against appellant Amos, an attorney and a resident of the District of Columbia. The trial court granted summary judgment for Shelton. Amos appeals, contending that this action was barred by res judicata. We disagree and affirm.
I
This case arises from an action for malicious prosecution which Shelton filed against Amos and several others in 1969 in the Court of Common Pleas for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. In 1973, following a non-jury trial, that court…
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