Court Opinion

ID: 9477667
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 06:28:22.828512+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:45:59.168485
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PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge,
specially concurring:
I concur but emphasize that the university tribunal’s proceedings were reviewed by the Levitt I court. The tribunal’s findings are entitled to preclusive effect because they have been judicially reviewed. See Kremer, 102 S.Ct. at 1892; see also University of Tennessee v. Elliott, 478 U.S. 788, 106 S.Ct. 3220, 3225, 92 L.Ed.2d 635 (1986) (“Congress did not intend unreviewed state proceedings to have preclusive effect on Title VII claims.”). That the university proceedings were reviewed ends the matter as to Dr. Levitt’s Title VII claim.