Court Opinion

ID: 9471740
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Date Created: 2023-08-05 03:39:56.105577+00
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ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
For the reasons expressed in the majority opinion, I agree that the discovery order constituted an abuse of discretion. I therefore concur in the judgment in No. 81-2671. Because I cannot agree that res judicata bars the federal antitrust claims, however, I respectfully dissent in No. 83-8046.
Judge Cudahy recites, as Justice Stewart did before him, an impressive array of authorities contrary to the majority’s holding that res judicata bars the plaintiffs’ case. See, e.g., Hayes v. Solomon, 597 F.2d 958, 984 n. 19 (5th Cir.1979), cert, denied, 444 U.S. 1078, 100 S.Ct. 1028, 62 L.Ed.2d 761 (1980); Kurek v. Pleasure Driveway and Park District of Peoria, 583 F.2d 378, 379 (7th Cir.1978), cert, denied, 439 U.S. 1090, 99 S.Ct. 873, 59 L.Ed.2d 57 (1979); Restatement (Second) of Judgments § 26(1)(c) comment c, illustration 2 (1982). Moreover, the majority’s primary source of support, Nash County Board of Education v. Biltmore Co., 640 F.2d 484 (4th Cir.1981), is clearly distinguishable in that it involved an attempt to relitigate an antitrust claim. Notwithstanding the force of Judge Posner’s opinion, therefore, I would adhere to *1163the precedents and affirm the order in No. 83-8046.