U.S. for Use of Superior Elec., Inc. v. Sletten Const.

37 F.3d 1507 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America for the use of SUPERIOR ELECTRIC, INC., a Nevada corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SLETTEN CONSTRUCTION, a Montana corporation; St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company, a Minnesota corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-16742. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Sept. 14, 1994. * Decided Sept. 21, 1994. 1 Before: FARRIS and BEEZER, Circuit Judges, and McLAUGHLIN ** , District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM *** 3 Superior Electric, Inc., appeals the district court's award of attorney's fees to Sletten Construction Company, Inc. and St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 . We affirm. 4 * Superior first argues that Sletten and St. Paul's fees were unreasonable per se because the defendants could have and should have filed their motion for summary judgment earlier in the litigation process. According to Superior,…