AKANTHOS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT v. ATLANTICUS HOLDINGS

No. 12-13467.

734 F.3d 1269 (2013)

AKANTHOS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, CNH CA Master Account, L.P., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ATLANTICUS HOLDINGS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 28, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen B. Bragman , Kevin B. Getzendanner , Heather Smith Michael , Arnall Golden & Gregory, LLP, Dwight J. Davis , Jonathan W. Jordan , Michael R. Smith , King & Spalding, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Michael F. Cockson , Bernard E. Nodzon , James L. Volling , Faegre Baker Daniels, LLP, Harry N. Niska , John Orenstein , Jeff I. Ross , Ross & Orenstein, LLC, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Paul D. Clement , Kelsi Brown Corkran , Bancroft, PLLC, Washington, DC, Christopher William Madel , Randall Tietjen , K. Craig Wildfang , Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi, LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Thomas B. Bosch , James David Dantzler, Jr. , James Timothy Mast, Troutman Sanders, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before PRYOR and BLACK, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal presents an issue that has already been fully litigated, and res judicata bars relitigation of that issue. The antitrust counterclaim of Atlanticus Holdings Corporation, formerly CompuCredit, against Akanthos Capital Management and twenty other hedge funds is identical to the complaint of Atlanticus in another antitrust lawsuit between the same parties. The district court dismissed the complaint in the other lawsuit, and we affirmed...

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