Arlyn W. Nordhorn v. Ladish Company, Inc., a Wisconsin Corporation Armco, Inc., an Ohio Corporation

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

In this breach of contract suit, the district court dismissed Arlyn Nordhom’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 the preceding litigation. Res ju-dicata principles therefore do not apply to bar this litigation. We reverse and remand for further…