Semtek Intl. Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp.

Semtek (plaintiff) sued Lockheed Martin (defendant) in California state court, the case was removed to federal court on diversity grounds, and the federal court dismissed the claims as barred by California's two-year statute of limitations; Semtek then refiled the same suit in Baltimore, Maryland state court, which would have applied its own three-year limitations period, but the Maryland court dismissed the case anyway, reasoning the prior federal dismissal on the merits precluded relitigating the claim there.