United States For The Use And Benefit Of Walton Technology, Inc. v. Weststar Engineering, Inc.

290 F.3d 1199 UNITED STATES FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF WALTON TECHNOLOGY, INC.; Walton Technology, Inc., an Illinois corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WESTSTAR ENGINEERING, INC., a California corporation; Reliance Opinion Insurance Company, a California corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 99-35311. No. 99-35457. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 4, 2001. Filed May 22, 2002. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Alan B. Bornstein, Jameson Babbitt Stites & Lombard, P.L.L.C., Seattle, WA, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Robert L. Zajac, Hillyer & Irwin, San Diego, CA, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, Franklin D. Burgess, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-98-5180-FDB. Before THOMPSON, TROTT, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge PAEZ; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge TROTT. OPINION PAEZ, Circuit Judge. 1 In this case, Plaintiff Walton Technology, Inc. ("Walton"), a subcontractor on a federal construction project, claims that the prime contractor, Defendant Weststar Engineering, Inc. ("Weststar"), failed to pay Walton rental fees for…