COLUMBIA STEEL FABRICATORS, INC. v. AHLSTROM RECOVERY

No. 93-15659.

44 F.3d 800 (1995)

COLUMBIA STEEL FABRICATORS, INC.; Stevens Equipment Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AHLSTROM RECOVERY; Aaro Kohonen Oy, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 9, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Peekema, San Jose, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

No appearance for Aaro Kohonen Oy defendant-appellee.

Before: HUG, CANBY, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:

The district court granted summary judgment sua sponte against plaintiffs, even though the defendant had not yet appeared. Another defendant had won summary judgment on the same grounds, and the court found the case to be frivolous. We affirm.

Facts

Ahlstrom was the general contractor building a boiler for Louisiana Pacific Corporation. Ahlstrom hired Stevens Equipment for steel fabrication, and...

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