ABRAMSON v. HARBOR ISLAND MARINA, INC.

Nos. 86-2038, 86-2039.

816 F.2d 975 (1987)

Neil ABRAMSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HARBOR ISLAND MARINA, INC., Defendant-Appellee. HARBOR ISLAND MARINA, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Neil ABRAMSON, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 27, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Lipsitz, Baltimore, Md., for Abramson.

Luther C. West, Baltimore, Md., for Harbor Island Marina.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, WILKINSON, Circuit Judge, and MOTZ, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.


MOTZ, District Judge.

The issue presented in this case is whether a decree entered in an equity suit in the Circuit Court for Calvert County Maryland, barred a subsequent suit for damages in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Finding that the decree did have res judicata effect, the District Court entered summary judgment on behalf of the defendant, Harbor Island Marina, Inc. Plaintiff, Neil Abramson, has appealed.

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