GALT G/S v. JSS SCANDINAVIA

No. 97-15356.

142 F.3d 1150 (1998)

GALT G/S, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. JSS SCANDINAVIA, Defendant/Cross-defendant/Appellee, D & D Services, Defendant/Cross-defendant/Cross-claimant/Appellee, CRYSTAL ICE & COLD STORAGE CO., Defendant/Cross-claim third-party plaintiff/Appellee, v. SAFEWAY STORES INC., Third-party defendant/ Cross-claimant/Appellant, v. BUYERS REFRIGERATED TRUCK SERVICE OF SACRAMENTO, Cross-defendant/Appellee, Can Transport, Inc., Defendant/Cross-defendant Third-party plaintiff/Appellee, North America Services, Defendant/Cross-defendant Third-party plaintiff/Appellee, A.G. Hapag-Lloyd, Defendant/Cross-defendant Third-party plaintiff/Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 27, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Attridge, Shawn, Mann & Steinfeld, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, for appellant/third-party defendant.

Rubert P. Hansen, San Francisco, CA, for appellee/third-party plaintiff.

Before: WIGGINS and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges, and REA, District Judge.


REA, District Judge:

Third-Party Defendant Safeway Stores, Inc. appeals the district court's exercise of diversity-based subject matter jurisdiction after (1) dismissing dispensable non-diverse parties and (2) aggregating the principal claim amount with the projected attorneys' fees. Safeway also appeals the grant of summary judgment in favor of Third-Party Plaintiff Hapag-Lloyd, A.G. on its equitable indemnity claim. We affirm the district court's judgment in its...

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