Nationwide Transport v. Cass Information

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

NATIONWIDE TRANSPORT FINANCE, a  California general partnership, No. 06-15653 Plaintiff-Appellant, v.  D.C. No.

CV-04-00008-BES

CASS INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., OPINION

Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Brian E. Sandoval, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted January 14, 2008—San Francisco, California

Filed April 28, 2008

Before: John T. Noonan, William A. Fletcher, and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Ikuta; Dissent by Judge Noonan

4499 4502 NATIONWIDE TRANSP. FIN. v. CASS INFO. SYS.

COUNSEL

Lauriann Wright, Law Offices of Thomas B. McCullough, Jr., Marina del Rey, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Eric M. Trelz, Polsinelli Shalton Welte Suelthaus PC, St. Louis, Missouri, for the defendant-appellee.

OPINION

IKUTA, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Nationwide Transport Finance (Nation- wide) appeals the district court’s judgment following a jury NATIONWIDE TRANSP. FIN. v. CASS INFO. SYS. 4503 verdict in favor of defendant-appellee…