Edward G. Staats v. County of Sawyer and County of Bayfield

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• noting that while the Seventh Circuit had not decided the issue, some lower courts have concluded that Title II does not require exhaustion of administrative remedies
• “State administrative findings that have been subjected to state judicial review are entitled to both claim and issue preclusive effect in federal courts.”
• “[T]he Equal Rights Division was the exclusive forum in which Staats could bring his WFEA claims.”
• “Although [plaintiff’s] claims arise under the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act, not Title VII, we think the logic of Kremer and Elliott applies equally to other federal anti-discrimination statutes.”
• where administrative agency had exclusive jurisdiction over the plaintiff’s state discrimination claim, but could not hear federal claims, res judicata did not bar the plaintiff’s later federal suit raising the federal claims
• where administrative agency had exclusive jurisdiction over the plaintiff’s state discrimination claim, but could not hear federal claims, res judicata did not bar the plaintiff’s later federal suit raising the federal claims

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