The following excerpt is from Jones v. Bates, 127 F.3d 839 (9th Cir. 1997):
With respect to the first inquiry--whether the nonparty had an identity of interest with, and adequate representation by, the losing party in the first action--due process requires both that the prior litigation of the issue have been motivated by the same underlying purposes, and that the original party have had an incentive and opportunity to litigate the issue in the manner best suited to furthering those common underlying purposes. See, e.g., Clemmer v. Hartford Ins. Co., 22 Cal.3d 865, 151 Cal.Rptr. 285, 290, 587 P.2d 1098, 1103 (1978) (finding no privity where issue of "wilfullness" of homicide was litigated first as criminal defense and later to
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