· 7/1/1997
King v. Union Oil Co. of California
Citations
- 117 F.3d 443
- 21 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1348
- 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 16107
- 71 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 44,846
- 1997 WL 361133
How courts have described this case
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- finding that employer’s termination of employee and subsequent refusal to pay severance benefits were part of a “series of connected transactions” such that discrimination and retaliation claims barred subsequent claim for benefits
- “Res judicata, or claim preclusion, precludes a party or its privies from relitigating issues that were or could have been raised in an earlier action, provided that the earlier action proceeded to a final judgment on the merits.”
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Judges: Tacha, Lucero, Daniel
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