Kansas | Constitutional Law
5/26/02, 10:44 am
Legal Question
Res Adjudicata 42 U.S.C. 1983
Is a civil rights violation filed under 42 U.S.C. 1983 subject to the doctrine of res judicata, when the civil rights violation is refiled under state law? In this instance is the claim barred, whether or not the 1983 action was decided on the merits?


