Olympic Sports Products, Inc. v. Universal Athletic Sales Co., Universal Gym Equipment Co., Etc., Universal Gym Equipment, Inc., Counterclaimant/appellant v. Olympic Sports Products, Inc., Counterdefendant/appellee

760 F.2d 910 1 Fed.R.Serv.3d 1562 OLYMPIC SPORTS PRODUCTS, INC., Plaintiff/Appellant, v. UNIVERSAL ATHLETIC SALES CO., Universal Gym Equipment Co., etc., et al., Defendants/Appellees. UNIVERSAL GYM EQUIPMENT, INC., Counterclaimant/Appellant, v. OLYMPIC SPORTS PRODUCTS, INC., Counterdefendant/Appellee. Nos. 83-6332, 84-5736. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 7, 1984. Decided April 22, 1985. Patricia M. Schnegg, Cynthia A.R. Woollacott, Knapp, Grossman & Marsh, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff, appellant. Ronald M. Greenberg, Beverly Hills, Cal., William F. Davis, Santa Monica, Cal., for defendants, appellees. On appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before WALLACE and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, * District Judge. BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge: 1 Olympic Sports Products, Inc. (Olympic) appeals the dismissal of its claim by the district court for lack of prosecution under section 583(b) of the California Code of Civil Procedure (Deering 1972). Olympic claims that Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b) governed dismissal and that section 583(b) was therefore inapplicable. Universal Gym Equipment, Inc.…