DEL MAR AVIONICS v. QUINTON INSTRUMENTS CO.

No. 79-4407.

645 F.2d 832 (1981)

DEL MAR AVIONICS, a California Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. QUINTON INSTRUMENTS COMPANY, a Washington Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Seed, Seed, Berry, Vernon & Baynham, Seattle, Wash., for defendant-appellant.

Mario A. Martella, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before NELSON and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, District Judge.


BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the applicability of the related doctrines of res judicata and collateral estoppel to a patent infringement suit brought against a manufacturer in the District Court for Seattle, based on a judgment of infringement against a distributor of the same product in the District Court for Los Angeles. Because defendant Quinton Instruments, Inc. ("Quinton") was bound by the Los Angeles court's determination that it controlled the...

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