Northrop Corporation v. Triad International Marketing S.A.

842 F.2d 1154 NORTHROP CORPORATION, Petitioner-Respondent/Appellee, v. TRIAD INTERNATIONAL MARKETING S.A., and Triad Financial Establishment, Respondent-Petitioner/Appellant. No. 84-6480. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted July 30, 1987. Decided March 29, 1988. Ronald L. Olson, Munger, Tolles & Olson, Los Angeles, Cal., for respondent-petitioner/appellant. John R. McDonough, Ball, Hunt, Hart, Brown and Baerwitz, Los Angeles, Cal., for petitioner-respondent/appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, HUG, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 Triad appealed a district court order overturning an arbitration award in Triad's favor. We reversed and reinstated the award. See Northrop Corp. v. Triad Int'l Mktg. S.A., 811 F.2d 1265 (9th Cir.1987). We said nothing about interest. Triad moves to amend the mandate to remedy the omission. 1 2 Two questions are presented: (1) whether prejudgment and postjudgment interest should be conducted at the rate fixed by federal law or state law; 2 and (2) whether postjudgment interest should run from the entry of the judgment refusing to…