LITE-ON PERIPHERALS v. BURLINGTON AIRE EXP.

No. 99-57003.

255 F.3d 1189 (2001)

LITE-ON PERIPHERALS, INC., a Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BURLINGTON AIRE EXPRESS, INC., a Corporation, dba Burlington Ocean Services, Defendant-Appellant, and Does 1 Through 10, inclusive, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 10, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Kathleen C. Jeffries, Russell, Hancock, Law Office of Kathleen C. Jeffries & Gaston LLP, Pasadena, California, for the appellee.

Michael W. Lodwick, Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, LLP, Santa Ana, California, for the appellant.

Before: PROCTER HUG, JR., STEPHEN S. TROTT, and WILLIAM A. W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted June 6, 2001 — Pasadena, California.

Opinion by Judge Trott.

TROTT, Circuit Judge:

In this case we must decide whether a consignor of goods named in a bill of lading has standing to sue the carrier for misdelivery of goods and breach of contract where there is evidence that the consignee, and not the consignor, entered into the shipment contract with the carrier. We answer this question affirmatively, and hold that, in this...

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