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To: Nero Germanicus
If someone with standing were to file a suit in federal court challenging the eligibility of Ted Cruz, would any of the state court cases which you mention establish a res judicata that would be binding on a federal court?
132 posted on 02/02/2015 7:14:45 PM PST by AmericanVictory (Should we be more like them or they more like we used to be?)
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To: AmericanVictory

I am not an attorney so I am only stating an opinion, but my undersanding is that res judicata (claims preclusion) can only apply to civil or criminal court actions with the same parties. So a suit challenging Senator Cruz would have no relationship to any of the Obama challenges other than possibly as precedent.
Perhaps an attorney will answer your question definitively.


135 posted on 02/02/2015 8:38:57 PM PST by Nero Germanicus (PALIN/CRUZ: 2016)
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