2743 A federal court action for employment discrimination that allegedly resulted in defendant's failure to hire plaintiff as an assistant professor and a state action based upon the same defendant's alleged breach of a contractual obligation to hire plaintiff as an assistant professor arose from the same primary right, so a finding for defendant in the federal court action results in issue preclusion (res judicata) in the state court action.CitationBALASUBRAMANIAN v SD COMM COLL DIST (Assistant Professor) 80 CA4 977 [See: Branson v Sun-Diamond 24 CA4 327, Lucas v County of LA 47 CA4 277, T/AT 8/96; Agarwal v Johnson 25 C3 932]
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