SERRA CHEVROLET, INC. v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 05-13401.

446 F.3d 1137 (2006)

SERRA CHEVROLET, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP., Defendant-Appellant, Edwards Chevrolet East, Inc., Susan Schein Chevrolet, Inc., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 13, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence William McCarthy, Jere F. White, Jr., Sanford G. Hooper, Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C., Birmingham, AL, for General Motors Corp.

Thomas E. Baddley, Jr., Jeffrey P. Mauro, Baddley & Mauro, L.L.C., Birmingham, AL, for Serra Chevrolet, Inc.

Before TJOFLAT and PRYOR, Circuit Judges, and GEORGE, District Judge.


PRYOR, Circuit Judge:

This appeal by General Motors of an order of sanctions that imposed a fine of $700,000 and struck the affirmative defenses of GM regarding res judicata, collateral estoppel, and other doctrines of issue preclusion presents two issues: (1) whether it was an abuse of discretion to find that GM disobeyed an order to produce documents relating to vehicle allocation and satellite dealerships; and (2) whether...

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