Legal Opinion
Rose Torres, D.B.A. Legal Secretarial Services v. Steve Rebarchak
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 23, 1987No. 86-1591PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises issues involving the preclusive effect of a state court consent judgment on a subsequent civil rights suit brought in federal court. The district court dismissed the suit on the basis of res judicata and the Illinois rule prohibiting the splitting of a cause of action. We affirm in part and reverse in part.
I. FACTS
Rose Torres is a black woman who owns and operates a 24-hour telephone answering and secretarial service called Legal Secretarial Services. In 1970 she began leasing space for her business in a building at 100 North LaSalle Street in Chicago,…
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