Legal Opinion
Akin v. PAFEC Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 2, 1993No. 92-8822PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Senior Circuit Judge:
Dr. J.E. and Pryntha Akin appeal an order of the United States District Court of the Northern District of Georgia granting summary judgment against them. The Akins brought suit against Richard D. Hen-shell, PAFEC Ltd., PAFEC CAE Ltd., and' PAFEC, Inc. alleging various theories of liability in connection with the demise of a Tennessee corporation in which the Akins were 48% shareholders. The district court held that all of the Akins’ claims were barred under Georgia’s doctrine of res judi-cata. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the district court’s entry of…
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