Legal Opinion
Migra v. Warren City School District Board of Education
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 23, 1984No. 82-738PublishedCited by 2,902 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun
This case raises issues concerning the claim preclusive effect 1 of a state-court judgment in the context of a subsequent suit, under 42 U. S. C. §§ 1983 and 1985 (1976 ed., Supp. V), in federal court.
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Petitioner, Dr. Ethel D. Migra, was employed by the Warren (Ohio) City School District Board of Education from August 1976 to June 1979. She served as supervisor of elementary education. Her employment was on an annual basis under written contracts for successive school years.
*78On April 17, 1979, at a regularly scheduled meeting, the Board, with all five of its members present, unanimously…
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