Legal Opinion
SUNKIST GROWERS, INC., a California Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael S. FISHER and Meryle Fisher, Defendants-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 6, 1997No. 95-15735PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:
TMs appeal involves the applicability of res judicata, or claim preclusion. The district court granted summary judgment, finding that a grower who sold fresh fruit to a juice company and obtained a state court judgment against the juice company for failure to pay in full, was barred from suing the company’s sole shareholders under a federal statute providing a trust remedy against dealers who fail to pay for perishable agricultural commodities. We reverse.
FACTS
In 1991, SunMst Growers, Inc. (“SunMst”), a citrus producer incorporated in California, sold fresh fruit to…
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