Northwest Administrators Inc v. Ace Paving Co. Inc ( 2012 )


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  •                                                                            FILED
    NOT FOR PUBLICATION                             MAR 15 2012
    MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                       U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
    FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
    NORTHWEST ADMINISTRATORS,)                    No. 10-35888
    INC.,                        )
    )                D.C. No. 2:10-cv-00194-MAT
    Plaintiff – Appellee,  )
    )                MEMORANDUM *
    v.                     )
    )
    ACE PAVING CO., INC., a      )
    Washington corporation,      )
    )
    Defendant – Appellant. )
    )
    )
    NORTHWEST ADMINISTRATORS,)                    No. 10-35998
    INC.,                        )
    )                D.C. No. 2:10-cv-00647-JPD
    Plaintiff – Appellee,  )
    )
    v.                     )
    )
    ACE PAVING CO., INC., a      )
    Washington corporation,      )
    )
    Defendant – Appellant. )
    )
    )
    NORTHWEST ADMINISTRATORS,)                    No. 10-36008
    INC.,                        )
    *
    This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
    except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
    )       D.C. No. 2:10-cv-00813-JCC
    Plaintiff – Appellee,              )
    )
    v.                                 )
    )
    ACE PAVING CO., INC., a                  )
    Washington corporation,                  )
    )
    Defendant – Appellant.             )
    )
    )
    Appeal from the United States District Court
    for the Western District of Washington
    Mary A. Theiler, Magistrate Judge, Presiding **
    James P. Donohue, II, Magistrate Judge, Presiding ***
    John C. Coughenour, District Judge, Presiding ****
    Submitted March 5, 2012 *****
    Seattle, Washington
    Before:        FERNANDEZ and PAEZ, Circuit Judges, and KOH,****** District
    Judge.
    Ace Paving Co., Inc. appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment
    **
    (No. 10-35888).
    ***
    (No. 10-35998).
    ****
    (No. 10-36008).
    *****
    The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral
    argument. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    ******
    The Honorable Lucy H. Koh, United States District Judge for the
    Northern District of California, sitting by designation.
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    in favor of Northwest Administrators, Inc. in these three cases. We affirm.
    Ace asserts that the district court erred when it determined that Ace must pay
    liquidated damages based upon the amount of contributions that remained unpaid
    when an action commenced, even if the contributions were paid before judgment
    was entered. We disagree; the law of this circuit required that result. See Nw.
    Adm’rs, Inc. v. Albertson’s, Inc., 
    104 F.3d 253
    , 257–58 (9th Cir. 1996); see also
    Idaho Plumbers & Pipefitters Health & Welfare Fund v. United Mech. Contractors,
    Inc., 
    875 F.2d 212
    , 215 (9th Cir. 1989). We reject Ace’s assertion that we are not
    bound by those cases. See Hart v. Massanari, 
    266 F.3d 1155
    , 1171 (9th Cir. 2001);
    see also Cetacean Cmty. v. Bush, 
    386 F.3d 1169
    , 1173 (9th Cir. 2004).
    AFFIRMED.
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