Stanhope v. Star Energy Partnership

45 F.3d 437 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Ronald Lynn STANHOPE, and the Bankruptcy Estate of Ronald Stanhope, by and through its Trustee Tom Lynaugh, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP, a limited partnership, and Struthers Oil & Gas, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-37003. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 5, 1994. Decided Dec. 23, 1994. Before: SCHROEDER, BOOCHEVER, and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Plaintiff/appellants Ronald Stanhope and his bankruptcy estate (collectively, Stanhope), appeal from the denial of a motion to reconsider a Rule 12(c) judgment on the pleadings for defendants/appellees Star Energy Partnership and Struthers Oil & Gas Corporation (collectively, Star). The judgment held that the two-year Montana property injury statute of limitations barred Stanhope's complaint. Because we find that Stanhope is entitled to the benefit of the eight-year Montana contract statute…