Legal Opinion
Dr. Victor L. Leal v. Robert Krajewski, Individually and as Superintendent of Schools of the City of East Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 14, 1986No. 85-3073PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
This case comes to us on appeal following the district court’s grant of defendants’ motion for summary judgment. This appeal requires us to determine whether plaintiffs present suit, brought under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985, is barred by a previous state suit in which summary judgment was entered against plaintiff and other parties. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the decision of the district court.
I
The genesis of both the present federal suit and the former state suit was the demotion of plaintiff and several other school employees in 1982. Plaintiff, along…
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