COOPER v. SUTER

No. 92-3109.

834 F.Supp. 282 (1993)

Shirley COOPER and William Cooper, Plaintiffs, v. Sue SUTER, Robert Blackwell, D. Jean Ortega-Piron, Jeanine Detwiler and Robert Harris, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Springfield Division.

October 27, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Watson, Howard W. Feldman, Carl R. Draper, Springfield, IL, for plaintiffs.

Carol J. Barlow, Asst. Atty. Gen., Springfield, IL, for defendants.


OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:

An issue of res judicata.

If state law would require that the case be barred and the parties have had a full and fair opportunity to litigate the case, a federal court must also bar the case.

I. Background

Shirley and William Cooper owned and operated the Little Moppet Day Care Center (the Center) located in Springfield, Illinois...

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