Legal Opinion
Golden West Refining Co. v. SunTrust Bank
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 18, 2008No. 06-56006PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOULD, Circuit Judge:
SunTrust Bank (“SunTrust”) appeals the district court’s judgment in favor of Golden West Refining Company (“Golden West”) in an action brought by Golden West to draw on a letter of credit issued to it by SunTrust’s predecessor Crestar Bank (“Crestar”). SunTrust argues that the district court erred (1) by holding that the letter of credit was not “perpetual” under Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”) § 5-106(d) and thereby had not automatically expired before Golden West made a draw against it, (2) by rejecting SunTrust’s waiver argument, and (3) by concluding that Golden…
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