Wilhelmine' Dennis Oakes v. Town of Richmond

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• holding that \res judicata generally is thought to turn on the essential similarity of the underlying events giving rise to the various legal claims ....\ (citations omitted)
• recognizing collateral estoppel applies even when the party was unable to invoke that legal theory in the previous proceeding
• precluding plaintiff's § 1981 claim because a nearly identical claim was brought in state court pursuant to a municipal antidiscrimination ordinance and dismissed with prejudice
• “Rather than resting on the specific legal theory invoked, res judicata generally is thought to turn on the essential similarity of the underlying events giving rise to the various legal claims[.]”

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