Asea, Inc. v. Southern Pacific Transportation Company, a Corporation, and Harbor Belt Line, a Partnership

WALLACE, Circuit Judge:

Southern Pacific Transportation Co. and Harbor Belt Line (the railroads) appeal from a judgment entered in favor of Asea, Inc. (Asea) and from the denial of their motion for a new trial. The railroads’ principal contention in this appeal is that the district court erred in ordering admitted certain matters the railroads failed to admit or deny in response to requests for admissions served by Asea. We affirm in part and vacate and remand in part.

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Asea, a New York corporation, is the sole United States distributor of electrical transformers manufactured in Sweden by Asea…