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SMITH, SUPERINTENDENT, ATTICA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY

Citator

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• Gregory v. Chehi, 843 F.2d 111 (3d Cir. 1988)
  …es is bound by the Full Faith and Credit statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1738,3 and must give a prior state judgment the same effect as would the adjudicating state. Davis v. United States Steel Supply, 688 F. 2d 166, 170 (3d Cir.1982) (in banc), cert. denied, 460 U.S. 1014, 103 S.Ct. 1256, 75 L.Ed.2d 484 (1983). See generally Smith, Full Faith and Credit and Section 1983: A Reappraisal, 63 N.C.L.Rev. 59-123 (1984). The same results follow in section 1983 suits brought in federal courts. Migra, 465 U.S. at 85, 104 S.Ct…
• Napier v. Thirty OR More Unidentified Federal Agents, 855 F.2d 1080 (3d Cir. 1988)
  …“an essential similarity of the underlying events giving rise to the various legal claims” remains. United States v. Athlone Indus., Inc., 746 F. 2d at 984 (quoting Davis v. United States Steel Supply, 688 F. 2d 166, 171 (3d Cir.1982), cert. denied, 460 U.S. 1014, 103 S.Ct. 1256, 75 L.Ed.2d 484 (1983)). The doctrine of res judicata precludes the relitigation of matters based on the same cause of action that were or could have been raised and resolved in a prior proceeding. See IB J. Moore & J. Wicker, Moore…
• Sullivan v. The City OF Pittsburgh, 811 F.2d 171 (3d Cir. 1987)
  …faith and credit. Section 1738 requires federal courts to give a state court judgment preclusive effect to the same extent the courts of the rendering state would. Davis v. United States Steel Supply, 688 F. 2d 166, 170 (3d Cir.1982), cert. denied, 460 U.S. 1014, 103 S.Ct. 1256, 75 L.Ed.2d 484 (1983). To fulfill their § 1738 obligation, federal courts must look to relevant state (here Pennsylvania) res judicata and estoppel law in determining the effect of state court judgments. Id. In Pennsylvania, a conse…