Gonzalez v. Banco Central Corp.

An earlier group (the Rodriguez plaintiffs) sued the same defendants over the sale of swampland lots under federal disclosure statutes but lost at trial after being denied class certification; roughly five years later, the Gonzalez plaintiffs — represented by the same lawyers and alleging very similar claims against the same defendants — filed a new suit, which the district court dismissed as barred by res judicata based on privity with the earlier Rodriguez plaintiffs.