Legal Opinion
Durwood T. Pye v. Department of Transportation of the State of Georgia
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 23, 1975No. 74-3705PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
This is a suit for recovery of land and damages based on several federal question grounds (due process, equal protection, and the National Environmental Protection Act) by plaintiff Durwood T. Pye against the Department of Transportation of the State of Georgia. The District Court concluded that all of plaintiff’s contentions were either without merit or had been fully litigated in prior Georgia state court proceedings, and therefore were barred by the doctrine of res judicata. We affirm.
On February 21, 1969, the Department of Transportation (then called the State…
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