Boardman Petroleum, Inc. v. Federated Mutual Insurance

COX, Circuit Judge:

Boardman Petroleum, Inc., d/b/a/ Red & Jack Oil Company (“Boardman”), appeals the district court’s summary judgment in favor of Federated Mutual Insurance Company (“Federated”) on the choice-of-law applicable to these consolidated cases. We vacate and remand.

I. BACKGROUND

Boardman owns and operates a chain of retail gasoline stations and convenience stores located throughout the Southeast. Federated is a policyholder-owned insurer with its home office in Minnesota. At the time these cases arose, Federated insured Boardman under a number of policies, none of which contains a…