Attorneys defeated Plaintiff's appeal

Attorneys defeated Plaintiff's appeal. Plaintiff, owner of a discotheque, filed repeated Complaints alleging tha the city, the city Police Department, and its police officers' enforcement of a liquor control ordinance violated his civil rights under 42 U.S.C. §1983. Defense attorneys filed a motion for summary judgment arguing that the Defendants were entitled to summary judgment under the Entire Controversy Doctrine because Plaintiff failed to raise the facts which were alleged in its two subsequent lawsuits while its First Complaint was being adjudicated. Defense also argued that Plaintiff had a fair and reasonable opportunity to litigate its two subsequent Complaints during the litigation of the First Complaint as they arose from the same set of facts and involved identical legal issues. The District Court agreed; ruling that the Defendants were entitled to summary judgment under the Entire Controversy Doctrine. The Court of Appeals affirmed the District Court's holding, dismissing Plaintiff's claims under the Entire Controversy Doctrine.