Lynch v. Nygaard

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• where parties freely and without reservation pursued appeal from lower state court order, policy concern for ability and willingness of states to vindicate constitutional rights not implicated
• “As a general matter, the doctrine of res judicata forecloses relitigation of matters that were determined, or should have been raised, in a prior suit in which a court entered a final judgment on the merits.”

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