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· 6/16/1997

Thomas Perkins v. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

Citations

  • 116 F.3d 235
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 14645
  • 70 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 44,787
  • 1997 WL 324435

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the university’s prevailing in the first case on statute of limitations grounds did not mean that there was issue preclusion or collateral estoppel as to the plaintiffs later claims of new discrimination
  • discharge claims and claims based on post‐discharge events were distinct and need not have been brought together
  • “[I]f the supposedly wrongful events are separated by time and function, multiple suits are permissible.”

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Judges: Coffey, Easterbrook, Kanne

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