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HEYLIGER v. STATE U. & COMM. COLL. SYSTEM OF TENN.

No. 96-5307.

126 F.3d 849 (1997)

Wilton E. HEYLIGER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM OF TENNESSEE, Allen Spritzer and John Smith, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 3, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Jan Jennings (argued and briefed), Branstetter, Kilgore, Stranch & Jennings, Nashville, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

S. Elizabeth Martin (argued and briefed), Office of the Attorney General, Civil Litigation & State Services Division, Nashville, TN, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: MERRITT, KRUPANSKY, and BOGGS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

Wilton E. Heyliger appeals the district court's dismissal, as "res judicata," of his complaint alleging employment discrimination in violation of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. ¶ 2000e et seq. For reasons somewhat different from those relied on below, we find that Heyliger's Title VII claim was barred by the doctrine of claim preclusion, and thus affirm the judgment of the district court.

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