Legal Opinion
Gregory v. Chehi
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 24, 1988No. 87-1222PublishedCited by 279 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
WEIS, Circuit Judge.
The doctrine of res judicata has never been as pithily or colorfully expressed as it was during the Civil War by a highly unlikely source. General Nathan Bedford Forrest, the semi-literate cavalry genius of the Confederacy, after twice refusing a soldier’s request for a furlough, scribbled on the back of the form, “I told you twicest Godamnit know.”1 We take somewhat longer to explain why the adverse result of a state proceeding instituted by a police officer to protest his dismissal prevents *113him from relitigating part of his case in a section 1983…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Allen v. McCurrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Migra v. Warren City School District Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by279 opinions
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- Sheridan v. NGK Metals Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2010
- Univac Dental Co. v. Dentsply International, Inc.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2010
- 71 Fair empl.prac.cas. (Bna) 801, 69 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 44,370 Judith S. Dici v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement Frank H. Monaco Steven B. BrisonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
- General Electric Company v. Deutz AgCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
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