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· 7/18/1983

Thornton v. Potamkin Chevrolet

Citations

  • 462 A.2d 133
  • 94 N.J. 1
  • 1983 N.J. LEXIS 2732
  • 43 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1733

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that entire controversy doctrine does not apply where first action occurred in an unequal jurisdiction
  • holding that entire controversy doctrine did not bar discharged employee from asserting racial discrimination claim before Division of Civil Rights notwithstanding employee's failure to assert discrimination claim in prior grievance arbitration
  • holding that entire controversy doctrine did not bar discharged employee from asserting racial discrimination claim before Division of Civil Rights notwithstanding employee’s failure to assert discrimination claim in prior grievance arbitration
  • finding that \[t]he essence of [the judicial] policy [behind the entire controversy doctrine] is the joinder of claims and not parties\
  • finding that “[t]he essence of [the judicial] policy [behind the entire controversy doctrine] is the joinder of claims and not parties”
  • stating that “[t]he essence of that policy is the joinder of claims and not parties”

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Judges: O'Hern

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