United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company v. Haaland T-Bone Feeders Inc. Norman Haaland

955 F.2d 48 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HAALAND T-BONE FEEDERS INC.; Norman Haaland, Defendants-Appellants. No. 91-35138. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Feb. 3, 1992. * Decided Feb. 18, 1992. Before HUG, NOONAN and DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** OVERVIEW 2 United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company ("USF & G") brought a declaratory judgment action in the district court to determine whether it had a duty to defend and indemnify its insureds, T-Bone Feeders, Inc. and Norman Haaland ("T-Bone Feeders"), in an action brought against them in Montana state court by The First National Bank of White Sulphur Springs ("Bank"). The district court granted USF & G's motion for summary judgment on the grounds that neither the claims asserted against T-Bone Feeders in the state court action, nor the acts giving rise to those claims, constituted an…