Legal Opinion
Cort v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Companies, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 25, 2002No. 00-17468PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:.
This case lies at the intersection of visual-art and commercial property insurance. Appellants Robert J. Cort and the Robert J. Cort Trust (“the Corts”) argue that their property insurance policy gave rise to a duty to defend by their insurer, appel-lee St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance/Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc. (“St.Paul”),. when the Corts were sued after they covered a mural on the wall of their building. We affirm the district court’s decision that there was. no duty to defend.
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