Chicago Title Land Trust Co. v. Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Sales Ltd.

TINDER, Circuit Judge.

After losing two suits in state court on claims related to a lease dispute, plaintiffs now try their luck in federal court. But, obviously, the move to federal court has not erased the prior state court judgments. Because at least one of those prior judgments was on the merits, concerned the same parties, and the same cause of action, this action is barred by res judicata. The district court reached that conclusion based on both prior suits. We affirm, but our decision relies on only one of the state suits — the so-called “Individual Suit.” Convinced that the…