Opinion ID: 168501
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Heading: Choice of preclusion law

Text: 16 In the case of a state court judgment, the state law where the judgment was entered (here, Utah) applies. See 28 U.S.C. § 1738 (full faith & credit statute); Fox v. Maulding, 112 F.3d 453, 456 (10th Cir.1997) (We must, therefore, ascertain what preclusive effect [Utah] would give its own decision before we may know what effect it should be given in the federal court.) (quotation omitted). In the case of the § 1983 suit, federal law of preclusion applies. Yapp v. Excel Corp., 186 F.3d 1222, 1226 (10th Cir.1999).