Legal Opinion

Sandra L. PLEMING, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNIVERSAL-RUNDLE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided June 8, 1998No. 97-8170PublishedCited by 152 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

This appeal requires us to address whether the doctrines of res judicata or collateral estoppel bar a cause of action for employment discrimination and retaliation. In the course of prior litigation, the parties briefed and discussed the incidents giving rise to the complaint in the present case but never amended the pleadings in the first litigation to include a claim based on the incidents. The plaintiff-appellant maintains that, because our precedents did not require her to amend her complaint to include claims based on incidents of alleged discrimination discovered…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
  2. 10 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1386, 10 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,320 Jessie Stevenson, Etc. v. International Paper Company, Mobile, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  3. United States v. Martha L. WoodsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
  4. Waldroup v. Greene County Hospital AuthoritySupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
  5. Wu v. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989

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3Cited by152 opinions

  1. Yapp v. Excel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
  2. Kaiser Aerospace & Electronics Corp. v. Teledyne Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
  3. Christo v. PadgettCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
  4. Ragsdale v. Rubbermaid, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
  5. Boateng v. InterAmerican University, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000

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