Legal Opinion
Branton v. Western Reserve Life Assurance Co. of Ohio
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 1, 2002No. 01-16535; D.C. No. CV-99-02101-SMMPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM **
Bruce Branton (Branton) appeals the district court’s award of summary judgment to defendant Western Reserve Life (WRL) in this case concerning life insurance benefits. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm.
Because the parties are familiar with the facts, we do not recite them here. We review awards of summary judgment de novo, see Clicks Billiards, Inc. v. Sixshooters Inc., 251 F.3d 1252, 1257 (9th Cir.2001), and apply Arizona substantive law in this diversity suit. See Martinez v. Asarco, Inc., 918 F.2d 1467, 1471 (9th Cir.1990).
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While we note that the…
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- Anderson v. Country Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1994
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