Lapeter

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE CO., 

Plaintiff-Appellee, No. 07-35683 v. ALFRED R. LAPETER; SHARON R.  D.C. No.

CV-07-00254-BLW

LAPETER; LAPETER 1985 LIVING

OPINION

TRUST,

Defendants-Appellants.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho B. Lynn Winmill, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted December 11, 2008* Seattle, Washington

Filed March 4, 2009

Before: Ronald M. Gould, Richard C. Tallman and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Callahan

*The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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COUNSEL

B. Newal Squyres, Robert A. Faucher, and Kevin C. Braley, Holland & Hart, LLP, on behalf of plaintiff-appellee Canada Life Assurance Co.

Emil R. Berg, Greener Burke Shoemaker P.A., on behalf of defendants-appellants Alfred R. LaPeter and Sharon R. LaPeter as Trustees for the LaPeter 1985 Living Trust.

OPINION

CALLAHAN, Circuit Judge:

Alfred R. LaPeter and Sharon R. LaPeter, as trustees for the LaPeter 1985…