Pan Pacific Retail v. Gulf Insurance Co.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PAN PACIFIC RETAIL PROPERTIES, 

INC., a Maryland corporation; WESTERN PROPERTIES TRUST, a real estate trust, No. 04-56394 Plaintiffs-Appellants, D.C. No. v.  CV-03-00679-WQH GULF INSURANCE COMPANY, a ORDER AND Connecticut corporation; TWIN AMENDED CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, a OPINION Minnesota corporation; DOES, 1-50, inclusive. Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California William Q. Hayes, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 9, 2006—Pasadena, California

Filed October 26, 2006 Amended December 21, 2006

Before: Alex Kozinski and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges, and Ricardo S. Martinez,* District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Gould

*The Honorable Ricardo S. Martinez, United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, sitting by designation.

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COUNSEL

Michael Bruce Abelson, Abelson Herron LLP, Los Angeles, California, for…