40 cont.cas.fed. (Cch) P 76,911, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2227, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 3720 New Sd, Inc., Dba Bei Systron Donner Company v. Rockwell International Corporation

79 F.3d 953 40 Cont.Cas.Fed. (CCH) P 76,911 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2227, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 3720 NEW SD, INC., dba BEI Systron Donner Company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee. No. 94-15723. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 18, 1995. Decided April 1, 1996. Oliver L. Holmes, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, San Francisco, California, for the plaintiff-appellant. Allan J. Joseph and Anna M. Rossi, Rogers, Joseph, O'Donnell & Quinn, San Francisco, California, for the defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; Charles A. Legge, District Judge, Presiding. No. CV-93-03086-CAL. Before: SCHROEDER, FLETCHER and RYMER, Circuit Judges. RYMER, Circuit Judge: 1 This is an action for breach of a subcontract by New SD, Inc., dba BEI Systron Donner Company, (Systron) against Rockwell Int'l Corp., which had the prime contract with the Air Force for development of military hardware. The parties are non-diverse. The action was filed in state court; Rockwell removed on the footing that federal law controls; and the district court declined…