Legal Opinion
Wilton E. Heyliger v. State University and Community College System of Tennessee, Allen Spritzer and John Smith
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 3, 1997No. 96-5307PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Wilton E. Heyliger appeals the district court’s dismissal, as “res judicata,” of his complaint alleging employment discrimination in violation of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. ¶ 2000e et seq. For reasons somewhat different from those relied on below, we find that Heyliger’s Title VII claim was barred by the doctrine of claim preclusion, and thus affirm the judgment of the district court.
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According to his affidavit, Heyliger, a black male, is a native of the former British Guiana who immigrated to the United States in 1967, attended Howard University, obtained a doctorate in…
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