REGAL-BELOIT CORP. v. KAWASAKI Kisen Kaish

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

REGAL-BELOIT CORPORATION; 

VICTORY FIREWORKS, INC.; PICC

PROPERTY & CASUALTY COMPANY

LIMITED SHANGHAI BRANCH; ROYAL

No. 06-56831

SUN ALLIANCE INSURANCE CO. LTD.,

Plaintiffs-Appellants,  D.C. No.

CV-06-03016-DSF

v.

OPINION

KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA LTD.;

K-LINE AMERICA, INC.; UNION

PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY,

Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Dale S. Fischer, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 10, 2008—Pasadena, California

Filed February 4, 2009

Before: Stephen Trott, Sidney R. Thomas and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Fisher

1257 1260 REGAL-BELOIT v. KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA

COUNSEL

Alan Nakazawa, Cogswell Nakazawa & Chang, LLP, Long Beach, California, for defendants-appellees Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. and K-Line America, Inc.

Leslie G. McMurray, Valley Village, California, for defendant-appellee Union Pacific Railroad Company. REGAL-BELOIT v. KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA 1261 Dennis Cammarano, Long Beach, California, for the…