Boujikian

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

NITCO HOLDING CORP., 

Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 05-16438 v.  D.C. No.

CV-02-01631-KJD

ZAREH BOUJIKIAN; JAMES B.

MURRAY, OPINION

Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Kent J. Dawson, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted April 17, 2007* San Francisco, California

Filed June 25, 2007

Before: David R. Thompson, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, and Sidney R. Thomas, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Thomas

*This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). COUNSEL

Samuel B. Benham, Hunterton & Associates, Las Vegas, Nevada, for the appellant.

Frank J. Cremen, Las Vegas, Nevada, for the appellees.

OPINION

THOMAS, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we consider the implications of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Unitherm Food Systems, Inc. v. Swift-Eckrich, Inc., 546 U.S. 394 (2006). Applying Unitherm, 7616 NITCO HOLDING CORP. v. BOUJIKIAN we conclude that a party procedurally…