Page Wellcome Page Wellcome, Professional Service Corp. v. The Home Insurance Company

993 F.2d 887 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Page WELLCOME; Page Wellcome, Professional Service Corp., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. No. 91-35218. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 2, 1992. * Submission Withdrawn Aug. 7, 1992. Resubmitted May 5, 1993. Decided May 24, 1993. 1 Before: FARRIS, NORRIS, and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 Page Wellcome, a Montana attorney, appeals the award of summary judgment to Home Insurance Co. (Home), his professional liability carrier, in his diversity action against it for refusing to provide coverage for court-imposed sanctions. The district court, applying Montana law, held that Home's coverage of Wellcome did not extend to court-imposed sanctions because the policy excluded "fines or statutory penalties imposed by law or otherwise." We affirm. 4 * Wellcome argues that the district court erred in rejecting his two alternative arguments:…