Legal Opinion
Hartsel Springs Ranch of Colorado, Inc. v. Bluegreen Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 16, 2002No. 01-1122, 01-1322PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant Hartsel Springs Ranch of Colorado, Inc. (“HSR”) appeals from the dismissal of its suit against De-fendanL-Appellee Bluegreen Corporation. The district court ruled that the suit violated the rule against claim-splitting, and that it was an improper attempt to circumvent its orders in a separate pending suit between the same parties. Because the two lawsuits were brought on behalf of separate entities who do not share identical interests, we conclude that the district court erred in finding the second suit to be an example of improper claim-splitting. We…
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