JONES v. SHEEHAN, YOUNG & CULP, P.C.

No. 95-10513.

82 F.3d 1334 (1996)

Odell JONES, III and Jones Program Management, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SHEEHAN, YOUNG & CULP, P.C., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Odell Jones, III, Detroit, MI, pro se.

Cyril Cornell Hall, Morgan & Hall, Pontiac, MI, for Jones Program Management, Inc., plaintiff-appellant.

Ronald Dee Wren, Bedford, TX, Collen Andrew Clark, Stradley & Wright, Dallas, TX, for Sheehan Young & Culp P.C., defendant-appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, District Judge.


DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

Appellants' damages suit against their former attorneys was dismissed on summary judgment on the basis of collateral estoppel. We affirm, but do so on the basis of res judicata.

I. BACKGROUND

Jones Program Management, Inc., ("JPM"), acting through its President, Odell Jones, III, ("Jones"), and Jones, acting as guarantor for JPM, entered into an agreement for legal services with Sheehan, Young & Culp, P.C., ("SYC"),...

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