FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
The appellants brought this action in the district court seeking damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Supp. IV 1980) for an alleged violation of their civil rights. The district court dismissed their suit on the basis of res judicata, finding that the appellants' earlier state court suit, which stemmed from the same set of facts and in which they sought and won injunctive relief, barred them from later bringing this suit in federal court. On...
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