Eaton v. Weaver Manufacturing Co.

HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing plaintiffs’ complaints as to defendant-appellee Volkswagen South Central, Inc., on the ground that a state court judgment deciding that there was no personal jurisdiction over defendant had, inter alia, reached the merits of the jurisdictional issue and as such is res judicata, precluding relitigation thereof between these parties on these claims in any trial court in Oklahoma.

Plaintiffs originally filed suits in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, each alleging that he was injured in the course of his…