United States Ninth Circuit

Claim preclusion does not apply to the direct appeal of the first judgment, even if there is a latter judgment in another jurisdiction, since the first judgment was not a "future claim."

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/12/2001
• Decided 10/18/2001
• Published 10/18/2001

Judges

• BERZON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  BEEZER, T.G. NELSON and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Roger E. Zuckerman,Zuckerman, Spaeder, Goldstein, Taylor & Kolker, Washington, D.C., Peter J. McNulty, Law Offices of Peter J. McNulty, Bel Air, CA, Fred M. Isaacs, Follansbee & Associates, Wilsonville, OR, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles A. Gilman, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York, New York and David T. Biderman, Perkins Coie, Santa Monica, California, for the defendants-appellees.