41 cont.cas.fed. (Cch) P 77,009, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7964, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 13,213 Gregory Lee Crandal Dba Engineered Coatings, Inc. Lyle John Hitchcock v. Ball, Ball and Brosamer, Inc. Don Meek Milton Greenstein Hal Stolber

99 F.3d 907 41 Cont.Cas.Fed. (CCH) P 77,009 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7964, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 13 ,213 Gregory Lee CRANDAL; dba Engineered Coatings, Inc.; Lyle John Hitchcock, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BALL, BALL and BROSAMER, INC.; Don Meek; Milton Greenstein; Hal Stolber, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-16829. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 14, 1996. Decided Oct. 31, 1996. Patrick A. Plummer, Law Office of Patrick A. Plummer, Phoenix, AZ, for plaintiffs-appellants. Richard A. Friedlander, (on the briefs), D. Samuel Coffman (argued), Mariscal, Weeks, McIntyre & Friedlander, Phoenix, AZ, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, Earl H. Carroll, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-92-02312-EHC. Before: ALARCON, LEAVY and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge: 1 The issue in this case is whether a subcontractor has a private cause of action for money due from a contractor under the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. § 637 (d). FACTS 2 The United States Bureau of Reclamation hired the lead defendant to repair an aqueduct. Much of the work was application…