Legal Opinion
AVX Corporation v. Cabot Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 13, 2005No. 04-2656PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
This appeal, raising an interesting res judicata issue, grows out of two law suits between essentially the same parties: AVX Corporation and AVX Limited (collectively, “AVX”), and Cabot Corporation (“Cabot”). 1 AVX makes electronic components and other products in which the metallic element tantalum is sometimes employed. Cabot purchases tantalum, converts it into powder or wire, and sells these products to manufacturers such as AVX.
Because the present case was resolved on a motion to dismiss, we accept as true the allegations in AVX’s complaint. Aulson v. Blanchard, 83…
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