Taylor Group v. ANR Storage Co.

SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal the grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant ANR Storage Company (“ANR”) on Plaintiffs’s RICO claim under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961— 1968. The district court granted summary judgment to Defendant after finding that Plaintiffs were barred by res judicata from asserting this claim because of a prior adjudication in Michigan state court in an action in which they could have brought this claim. Plaintiffs argue that (1) res judicata does not apply because the prior state suit was not adjudicated on its merits but on the basis of a statute of…