Legal Opinion
Hanrahan v. RIVERHEAD NURSING HOME
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 25, 2010No. Docket 09-0585-cvPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge:
Dolores Hanrahan appeals the dismissal of her employment discrimination complaint, which the district court held was barred by res judicata, based on the prior dismissal of her state court petition for review of an adverse discrimination decision for failure to join a necessary party. Because the state court’s dismissal was not a decision on the merits that would preclude the filing of a renewed state court action, it does not preclude a federal complaint either. Accordingly, we vacate the judgment of the district court, and remand for further proceedings.
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