Migra v. Warren City School District Board of Education
- Decided
- January 23, 1984
- Docket
- 82-738
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
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What later courts said
- holding that under the Full Faith and Credit Act, a federal court must give the same preclusive effect to a state court judgment as another court of that state would give — Ned L. Siegel, Georgette Sosa Douglas v. Theresa Lepore, Charles E. Burton (2000)
- holding that federal courts give state-court judgments the same preclusive effect as would be given the law of the State — Wachtmeister v. Swiesz (2003)
- holding that a federal court must apply state preclusion law to determine whether a present claim is res judicata — Suzanne Langdon v. Patricia Skelding (2013)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
[*77] Justice Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.
This case raises issues concerning the claim preclusive effect [1] of a state-court judgment in the context of a subsequent suit, under 42 U. S. C. §§ 1983 and 1985 (1976 ed., Supp. V), in federal court.
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Migra v. Warren City School District Board of Education, 465 U.S. 75 (1984)Read the full opinion
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