Allstate Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation v. Centurion Villas Ltd., a California Limited Partnership

951 F.2d 358 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CENTURION VILLAS LTD., a California Limited Partnership, Defendant-Appellant. No. 90-56288. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 8, 1991. Decided Dec. 12, 1991. Before JAMES R. BROWNING, ALARCON and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 We review de novo the interpretation of the insurance policy at issue in this case. Miller v. Safeco Title Ins. Co., 758 F.2d 364, 367 (9th Cir.1985). California law controls. We affirm. 3 The insurance policy in this case is not ambiguous. Under California law, if there is a range of reasonable meanings of an ambiguous term, the court must apply the meaning which provides the most coverage for the insured, particularly if the ambiguous term is in an exclusion clause. Poland v. Martin, 761 F.2d 546, 548 (9th Cir.1985), citing Reserve Ins. Co. v. Pisciotta, 640…