Columbia Steel Fabricators, Inc. Stevens Equipment Company v. Ahlstrom Recovery Aaro Kohonen Oy

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• affirming sua sponte grant of summary judgment in favor of non-appearing defendant because nonmoving party had opportunity to be heard on the issue as it applied to another defendant
• affirming 7 district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of non-appearing defendant
• “A [district [cjourt may properly on its own motion dismiss an action as to defendants who have not moved to dismiss where such defendants are in a position similar to that of moving defendants.”
• “We have upheld dismissal with prejudice in favor of a party which had not yet appeared, on the basis of facts presented by other defendants which had appeared.”
• “We have upheld dismissal with prejudice in favor of a party which had not yet 7 appeared, on the basis of facts presented by other defendants which had appeared”
• applying collateral estoppel sua sponte

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