Lindsey Ross, by and Through Her Parents and Next Friends, Michael and Diane Ross v. Board of Education of Township High School District 211

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• holding that entry of a “final judgment for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1291” is “normally enough to assure finality for preclusion purposes”
• holding that the fact two actions “differ[ed] in some respects, including the legal theories ... advanced],” was not enough to avoid a finding they relied “on the same fundamental transaction or series of transactions”
• holding that the district court properly relinquished supplemental jurisdiction over the plaintiff's state law claims “given the fact that her federal claims were dismissed at such an early stage on a purely legal ground”
• holding that the district court properly relinquished supplemental jurisdiction over the plaintiffs state law claims “given the fact that her federal claims were dismissed at such an early stage on a purely legal ground”
• holding that the district court properly relinquished supplemental jurisdiction over the plaintiffs state law claims “given the fact that her federal claims were dismissed at such an early stage on a purely legal ground”
• noting that the “common-sense question” of “why a second lawsuit should be permitted after the first one apparently resolved the dispute between the parties” is resolved by applying doctrine of claim preclusion

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