United States Second Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant based on res judicata, in civil rights action against former employer, is vacated as a Title VII plaintiff who prevailed on her discrimination claims before a state administrative agency and in appeals of the agency decision to state court can subsequently file suit in federal court seeking relief that was unavailable in the state proceedings.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/04/2006
• Published 10/05/2006

Judges

• Before JACOBS, Chief Judge, WINTER and WALKER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Philip L. Steele, Hartford, CT, for Plaintiff-Appellant Gale Nestor.


• For Appellees:
  
• Albert Zakarian, Day, Berry & Howard, LLP, Hartford, CT, for Defendant-Appellee Pratt & Whitney.