Lineas Aereas Allegro S.A. de C.V. v. Pegasus Aviation Inc.

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141 F. App'x 643
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 12, 2005No. 03-17132California361 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Lineas Aéreas Allegro, S.A. de C.V. (“Allegro”) appeals two district court orders. The district court found Allegro to be in contempt for violating an enforcement order and awarded contempt sanctions against it. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm. Because the parties are familiar with the facts, we do not recount them here.

The district court acted well within its discretion when it found Allegro in contempt. 1 Allegro waived the arguments it *644 brings on appeal by not presenting them to the district court in connection with the contempt proceedings. 2 The fact that Allegro raised arguments about the effect of Mexican law in connection with the enforcement proceedings did not sufficiently raise those arguments to the extent contempt was at issue. 3 Moreover, at the contempt hearing, Allegro conceded that it had not complied with the enforcement order. Therefore, we affirm the district court’s contempt finding.

The district court also acted within its discretion 4 in imposing contempt sanctions. At the contempt hearing, Allegro did not dispute the amount of loss that Pegasus asserted. Accordingly, we affirm the award of contempt…

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