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133080P.pdf 12/30/2014 Sparkman Learning Center v. AR Dept. Human Services
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 13-3080
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - El Dorado
[PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge and Kelly, Circuit
Judges]
Civil case - Civil rights. Plaintiff alleged the same due process
violations in federal court that had already been adjudicated by the
Arkansas courts, and the district court did not err in concluding that
plaintiff's due process claim should be dismissed under the claim
preclusion doctrine; plaintiff had an opportunity to bring its equal
protection claims in the state administrative and judicial proceedings and
the claims were precluded; no error in denying plaintiff's post-judgment
motions to alter or amend the judgment.