Sea-Land Service, Inc. v. Lozen International, Llc, Lozen International, Llc, Counterclaimant-Appellant v. Sea-Land Service, Inc., Counter-Defendant-Appellee

285 F.3d 808 SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC., Plaintiff, v. LOZEN INTERNATIONAL, LLC, Defendant. Lozen International, LLC, Counterclaimant-Appellant, v. Sea-Land Service, Inc., Counter-defendant-Appellee. No. 00-57058. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 13, 2002. Filed April 3, 2002. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Mary Kay Reynolds, Law Offices of Mary Kay Reynolds, Culver City, CA, for the counterclaimant-appellant. Stephen M. Uthoff, Coniglio & Uthoff, Long Beach, CA, for the counterdefendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Florence-Marie Cooper, District Judge, Presiding. Before: BEEZER, TASHIMA, and GRABER, Circuit Judges. OPINION GRABER, Circuit Judge: 1 Plaintiff Sea-Land Service, Inc. (Sea-Land), brought this action against Defendant Lozen International, LLC (Lozen), to recover money owed under a shipping contract. Lozen counterclaimed for damages resulting from Sea-Land's failure to timely deliver one of the shipments at issue. The parties settled and dismissed Sea-Land's claim, but they were unable to reach an agreement with respect to Lozen's…