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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