Legal Opinion
Muza v. Missouri Department of Social Services
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided March 28, 1989No. WD 40321PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHANGLER, Presiding Judge.
The plaintiff Muza appeals from a judgment of dismissal entered by the Jackson County Circuit Court on his petition for compensatory and punitive damages against thirty private and public parties under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976) for violation of federally protected rights. The order of dismissal rested on the preclusive effect of an antecedent order of dismissal entered against Muza by the Honorable Scott 0. Wright, United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, on an identical petition for the same relief against the same parties under the same…
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