United States Eleventh Circuit

Res judicata from a Chapter 11 proceeding does not bar a claim that was not in existence at the time of the proceeding unless the facts underlying the claim were actually raised in that action.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/23/2001
• Published 03/23/2001

Judges

• MARCUS, Circuit Judge:, Before EDMONDSON and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI , Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Bruce Barkett,Collins, Brown & Caldwell, Chartered, Vero Beach, FL, Rima Y. Mullins, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, LLP, Miami, FL, Robert L. Byer, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, for Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee., Oscar R. Cantu, Bruce J. Berman, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Miami, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.