NORDHORN v. LADISH CO., INC.

No. 92-35472.

9 F.3d 1402 (1993)

Arlyn W. NORDHORN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LADISH COMPANY, INC., a Wisconsin Corporation; Armco, Inc., an Ohio Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 19, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald A. Palm and Rebekah R. Ross, Williams, Kastner & Gibbs, Seattle, WA, for plaintiff-appellant.

J. Peter Shapiro and Heidi A. Irvin, Bogle & Gates, Seattle, WA, for defendant-appellee Armco, Inc.

Hugh E. Bangasser and Marc C. Levy, Preston, Thorgrimson, Shidler, Gates & Ellis, Seattle, WA, for defendant-appellee Ladish Co., Inc.

Before: GOODWIN, SCHROEDER and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges.


SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

In this breach of contract suit, the district court dismissed Arlyn Nordhorn's claim against Ladish Company and Armco, Inc. on res judicata grounds, holding that Nordhorn should have raised this claim in an earlier suit against HITCO, a former sister company of Ladish. Nordhorn appeals. We reverse because Nordhorn's claim in this case is based on a different contractual relationship and is against different parties than those involved in...

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