ASTRIUM S.A.S. v. TRW, INC.

Nos. 03-55499, 03-56213, 03-56214, 03-56378.

455 F.3d 1092 (2006)

ASTRIUM S.A.S.; Astrium, Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TRW, INC.; Pilkington Optronics, Inc.; Corning Netoptix; OFC Corporation; Optical Filter Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Astrium S.A.S., Plaintiff, v. TRW, Inc., Defendant, v. Pilkington Optronics, Inc., Third-party-plaintiff-Appellant, v. Fokker Space B.V.; Dutch Space Holding B.V.; Fokker Space & Systems B.V., Third-party-defendants-Appellees. Astrium S.A.S., Plaintiff, v. TRW, Inc., Defendant, v. Corning Netoptix; Optical Filter Corporation, Third-party-plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Fokker Space B.V.; Dutch Space Holding B.V.; Fokker Space & Systems B.V., Third-party-defendants-Appellees. Astrium S.A.S., Plaintiff, v. TRW, Inc., Defendant, v. Corning Netoptix; Optical Filter Corporation; Pilkington Optronics, Inc., Third-party-plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Fokker Space B.V.; Dutch Space Holding B.V., Third-party-defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 9, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian Brew, Kaye Scholer, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Steven S. Rosenthal (argued), Kay Scholer, LLP, Washington, DC, for Astrium, S.A.S. and Astrium, Ltd., appellants.

Robert J. Becher and Fred G. Bennett (argued), Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems Corp. (formerly known as TRW Inc.); Mark R. Irvine and James W. Hunt (argued), Mendes & Mount, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Pilkington Optronics, Inc.; Ronald A. McIntire and Chung H. Han, Perkins Coie, LLP, Santa Monica, CA, for Corning Netoptix, Inc., OFC Corporation, and Optical Filter Corporation, appellees.

Diane W. Wilson, Condon & Forsyth, LLP, New York, NY, for Fokker Space B.V. and Dutch Space Holding B.V., third-party-defendants-appellees.

Before FERDINAND F. FERNANDEZ, PAMELA ANN RYMER and RICHARD R. CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.


ORDER

Astrium, S.A.S. and Astrium, Ltd. (collectively Astrium) appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment on Astrium's tort claims against a number of subcontractors1 after the alleged failure of solar arrays used to power telecommunications satellites.2 We dispose of the issues raised therein in a memorandum disposition in which we affirm the district court's ultimate decision in Astrium I...

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