Legal Opinion
Mears v. Town of Oxford
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 22, 1985No. 84-1731PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEEDEN, Circuit Judge.
John Mears, Jr., a developer of commercial marinas, filed a five-count complaint in federal court alleging that the Town of Oxford, Maryland, and several named officials had deprived him of his civil rights in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and § 1985(3). *370The Town argued that Mears had litigated the same claims in two prior Maryland state court actions and that Mears’ claims were barred under the doctrine of res judicata. The district court found that most of Mears’ civil rights claims were actually litigated or could have been litigated in the two prior state court…
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3Cited by8 opinions
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