96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7190, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 11,794 S & N Equipment Company, an Arizona General Partnership v. Casa Grande Cotton Finance Co., an Arizona Corporation Chickasha Cotton Oil Company, a Delaware Corporation

97 F.3d 337 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7190 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 11,794 S & N EQUIPMENT COMPANY, an Arizona general partnership, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CASA GRANDE COTTON FINANCE CO., an Arizona corporation; Chickasha Cotton Oil Company, a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-16303. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 6, 1995. Decided Sept. 26, 1996. John A. Baade (on the briefs and argued) and Sally M. Darcy (on the briefs), Raven, Kirschner & Norell, Tucson, Arizona, for plaintiff-appellant. Mark S. Sifferman, Norling, Perry, Pierson & Kolsrud, Phoenix, Arizona, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona; Roger G. Strand, District Judge, Presiding. Before: GOODWIN and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge. * OPINION REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: 1 Plaintiff, S & N Equipment Company (S & N), a general partnership, appeals the district court's denial of its motion for summary judgment and the grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants, Casa Grande Cotton Finance Company (Casa Grande) and Chickasha Cotton Oil Company (Chickasha). S…