Hartsel Springs Ranch of Colorado, Inc. v. Bluegreen Corp.

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• noting that in exercising diversity jurisdiction we look to state law for claim-preclusion analysis
• surveying cases supporting the proposition that “claim splitting [is] an aspect of ”
• applying state claim preclusion law to determine effect of federal court diversity judgment
• noting “the best federal rule for the claim-preclusive effect of a federal diversity judgment is to adopt the law that would be applied by state courts in the State in which the federal diversity court sits.”
• noting “the best federal rule for the claim-preclusive effect of a federal diversity judgment is to adopt the law that would be applied by state courts in the State in which the federal diversity court sits.”
• “a plaintiff ‘may not use the tactic of filing two substantially identical complaints to expand the procedural rights he would have otherwise enjoyed’ ”

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