Niles Crowe and Daniel Colvin, Jr., on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. William D. Leeke, Director, Department of Corrections

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• finding that a different series of facts can give rise to a different cause of action, and “the precise issue sought to be litigated here . . . . was not raised and adjudicated in [the prior] suit.”
• enumerating factors to be considered in deciding whether prison officials may open a prisoner’s legal mail outside of his presence.
• res judicata precludes litigation of defendants’ conduct which occurred prior to entry of the first judgment
• the opening of an inmate's mail outside the inmate's presence may state a constitutional claim
• “[R]es judicata has very little applicability to a fact situation involving a continuing series of acts, for generally each act gives rise to a new cause of action.”
• applying Lawlor principle in prisoner class action suit

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).