Legal Opinion
Kelly v. Warminster Township Board of Supervisors
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 18, 1981No. Civ. A. 78-3212PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GILES, District Judge.
The issue raised by defendants’ motion to dismiss is whether either under the principles of res judicata or collateral estoppel this federal action for damages for alleged violations of constitutional and statutory rights 1 is barred by reason of a prior state court proceeding. There, plaintiff’s discharge from public employment was upheld on the same matrix of facts, according to defendants, as is involved in this action. 2
Plaintiff, Rowan P. Kelly, Jr., former township Chief of Police of Warminster Township, was charged on September 27, 1976 with 39…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Allen v. McCurrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Montana v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Gregory v. ChehiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- Drum v. NasutiDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1986
- Robert E. Schroeder, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Acceleration Life Insurance Company of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- Snow v. Nevada Department of PrisonsDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1982
- Sames v. GableDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1982
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