Migra v. Warren City School District Board of Education et al.

Decided January 23, 1984. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 82-738 · 465 U.S. 75 (1984) · Cited 3,103 times

Holding

With respect to petitioner's 1983 claim, which was not litigated in state court, petitioner's state-court judgment has the same claim preclusive effect in federal court that the judgment would have in the Ohio state courts.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Allen v. McCurry · 449 U.S. 90 (1980)
• Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp. · 456 U.S. 461 (1982)
• Beck v. Ohio · 379 U.S. 89 (1964)
• Stone v. Powell · 428 U.S. 465 (1976)
• Brown v. Felsen · 442 U.S. 127 (1979)
• Perkins v. Benguet Consolidated Mining Co. · 342 U.S. 437 (1952)
• England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners · 375 U.S. 411 (1964)
• Mitchum v. Foster · 407 U.S. 225 (1972)
• Haring v. Prosise · 462 U.S. 306 (1983)
• Oklahoma Packing Co. v. Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. · 309 U.S. 4 (1940)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Marrese v. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons · 470 U.S. 373 (1985)
• San Remo Hotel, L. P. v. City & County of San Francisco · 545 U.S. 323 (2005)
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. v. Epstein · 516 U.S. 367 (1996)
• University of Tennessee v. Elliott · 478 U.S. 788 (1986)
• McDonald v. City of West Branch · 466 U.S. 284 (1984)
• Baker v. General Motors Corp. · 522 U.S. 222 (1998)
• Parsons Steel, Inc. v. First Alabama Bank · 474 U.S. 518 (1986)
• Heck v. Humphrey · 512 U.S. 477 (1994)
• Taylor v. Sturgell · 553 U.S. 880 (2008)
• Ohio v. Robinette · 519 U.S. 33 (1996)

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