United States Ninth Circuit

Summary judgment against plaintiff-FTC's suit, on grounds that it was barred by res judicata, is reversed where defendant was not sufficiently connected to the parties in a previous, related action to justify a bar on plaintiff's claims.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/11/2004
• Decided 09/01/2004
• Published 09/01/2004

Judges

• PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:, Before PREGERSON, McKEOWN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John F. Daly, Deputy General Counsel for Litigation, (argued), and Melvin H. Orlans, Special Litigation Counsel, (brief) Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edward F. Glynn, Jr., Washington, DC, for the appellees.