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· 1/28/2005

Vines v. University of Louisiana

Citations

  • 398 F.3d 700
  • 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 1424
  • 95 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 144
  • 2005 WL 189713

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  • concluding that, under Louisiana law, an appellate overruling of a peremptory exemption is interlocutory and therefore not preclusive
  • \[T]he enforcement scheme of Title VII does not terminate the rights of the employee once the EEOC -10- brings a suit.\
  • among other prerequisites, “the prior action must have concluded with a final judgment on the merits” in order for the relitigation exception under res judicata to apply
  • “There are only three specific circumstances in which a federal court can enjoin a state court proceeding, when it is: (1) expressly authorized by a federal statute; (2) necessary to assert jurisdiction; or (3
  • “The doctrine of collateral estoppel applies to prevent issues of ultimate fact from being relitigated between the same parties in a future lawsuit if those issues have once been determined by a valid and final judgment.”
  • “There are only three specific circumstances in which a federal court can enjoin a state court proceeding, when it is: (1) expressly authorized by a federal statute; (2) necessary to assert jurisdiction; or (3) necessary to protect or effectuate a prior judgment by a federal court.”

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Judges: King, Smith, Garza

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