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GREGORY v. CHEHI

No. 87-1222.

843 F.2d 111 (1988)

James S. GREGORY, Appellant, v. Mark CHEHI, Barry Gebhart, William Danyluk, Dennis Benner, Everett Oren, Guy Lesser, Stephen J. Marcincin, and Lower Saucon Township, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 24, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 25, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Huber (argued), Allentown, Pa., for appellant.

Christine M. Mooney (argued), Charles W. Craven, Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman and Goggin, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before WEIS and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges, and DIAMOND, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied April 25, 1988.

OPINION OF THE COURT

WEIS, Circuit Judge.

The doctrine of res judicata has never been as pithily or colorfully expressed as it was during the Civil War by a highly unlikely source. General Nathan Bedford Forrest, the semi-literate cavalry genius of the Confederacy, after twice refusing a soldier's request for a furlough, scribbled on the back of the form, "I told you twicest Godamnit know."

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