CABALLERO-RIVERA v. CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A.

No. 01-1985.

276 F.3d 85 (2002)

Carmen CABALLERO-RIVERA, Tali Benet-Soto, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. The CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A., Housing Investment Corp., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 10, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

José M. Tous-Rodríguez, for appellants.

Heriberto J. Burgos-Pérez, with whom Fiddler, González & Rodríguez LLP and Mariano A. Mier-Romeu, were on brief, for appellees.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, KRAVITCH, Senior Circuit Judge, and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs-appellants Carmen Caballero-Rivera and Talí Benet-Soto appeal from the district court's dismissal of their case. Specifically, appellants argue that the district court erred in applying the doctrine of res judicata to preclude their claim.

A brief examination of the procedural history of this case, however, reveals the accuracy of the district court's ruling. In 1999, plaintiffs filed suit in district court claiming that defendants...

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