What is the effect of a judgment in a federal court on a claim brought by a plaintiff in a state court?
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The following excerpt is from United Parcel Service, Inc. v. California Public Utilities Com'n, 77 F.3d 1178 (9th Cir. 1996):
While a state court judgment "[g]enerally ... has the same preclusive effect in federal court as that judgment would have in the courts of the rendering state," Clements, 69 F.3d at 328 (citing Kremer v. Chemical Constr. Corp., 456 U.S. 461, 465, 102 S.Ct. 1883, 1889, 72 L.Ed.2d 262 (1982)), there are certain exceptions to this rule:
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