Airborne Freight v. St. Paul

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

AIRBORNE FREIGHT CORPORATION, a  Delaware corporation dba Airborne Express Inc, No. 04-35989 Plaintiff-Appellant, v.  D.C. No.

CV-03-02390-RSL

ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE OPINION

INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Robert S. Lasnik, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted July 24, 2006—Seattle, Washington

Filed December 26, 2006

Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Kim McLane Wardlaw, and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Wardlaw; Dissent by Judge Wallace

19763 19766 AIRBORNE FREIGHT CORP. v. ST. PAUL FIRE

COUNSEL

Michael E. Gossler, Scott E. Feir and Benjamin I. Vanden- Berghe, Montgomery Purdue Blankinship & Austin, Seattle, Washington, for appellant Airborne Freight Corp. d/b/a Air- borne Express.

John P. Hayes, Forsberg & Umlauf, Seattle, Washington, for appellee St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co.

OPINION

WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:

Airborne Freight Corporation (Airborne) appeals from the district…