In its recent opinion in Warren County Department of Social Services ex rel. Glenn v. Garrelts, the North Carolina Court of Appeals addressed an unusual choice of law issue. In
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Full Faith and Credit
Must a North Carolina Court Accept a Twombly-Based Federal Court Ruling as Preclusive on the Merits?
By Matthew Nis Leerberg on
It is beyond dispute that a state court must accord full faith and credit to “the judicial proceedings of the federal courts.” Supreme Lodge, K.P. v. Meyer, 265 U.S.
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