Legal Opinion
Charles F. Kelly v. Borough of Sayreville, New Jersey Douglas A. Sprague, Chief of Police of the Borough of Sayreville
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 5, 1997No. 96-5342PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.
Charles Kelly, a police officer, appeals in this action involving his ongoing disputes with the appellees, the municipality which employs him and its chief of police, from the district court’s order dismissing his complaint brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The district court entered the order on the grounds that by reason of prior New Jersey *-509administrative proceedings involving the subject matter of Kelly’s current action, the New Jersey entire controversy doctrine barred this case and that, in any event, the complaint failed to state a claim…
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