Bank Of The West v. Commercial Credit Financial Services

852 F.2d 1162 6 UCC Rep.Serv.2d 602 BANK OF THE WEST, a California banking corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. COMMERCIAL CREDIT FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., a California corporation, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant. Nos. 87-1940, 87-1984. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 11, 1988. Decided July 26, 1988. Gary Nemer, Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant/cross-appellee. Mark R. Reiff, Taylor & Stanley, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee/cross-appellant. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before FARRIS, BRUNETTI and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge: 1 In these cross-appeals, Bank of the West, a California banking corporation ("Bank of the West" or "Bank"), and Commercial Credit Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("CCFS"), 1 appeal the district court's judgment for Bank of the West on its suit for conversion of collateral. Bank of the West argues that (1) the district court's findings of fact are erroneous, (2) the court improperly excluded certain evidence, (3) the damages…