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ASH GROVE CEMENT COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LAFARGE CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation, Defendant-Appellant, and LaFarge Clanda, Inc., a foreign corporation, Defendant.
    No. 99-36071. D.C. No. CV-98-01155-JCC.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted June 11, 2001.
    
    Decided June 18, 2001.
    Before B. FLETCHER, BRUNETTI, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Appellant LaFarge Corporation (“LaFarge”) appeals the district court’s award of $8,872.57 to Ash Grove Cement Company (“Ash Grove”) for reimbursement costs paid to Stoneway Concrete. The district court did not err in its findings of fact and conclusions of law. Implicit in the district court’s findings of fact is a determination that Ash Grove was under a legal obligation to reimburse Stoneway Concrete for its trucking costs. Because Ash Grove incurred a legitimate cost of operation as a proximate result of LaFarge’s negligence and is not merely asserting the rights of a third party, we hold that Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co. v. Flint, 275 U.S. 308, 48 S.Ct. 134, 72 L.Ed. 290 (1927), is not implicated. Accordingly, we affirm.

AFFIRMED. 
      
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