Shell Oil Company, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant/appellee v. Silicon Valley Bank, Defendant-Counter-Claimant/appellant. Shell Oil Company, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant/appellee v. Silicon Valley Bank, Defendant-Counter-Claimant/cross-Claimant-Appellee v. Law Offices of Joseph Diciuccio, Counter-Defendant-Appellant

47 F.3d 1176 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. SHELL OIL COMPANY, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant/Appellee, v. SILICON VALLEY BANK, Defendant-Counter-Claimant/Appellant. SHELL OIL COMPANY, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant/Appellee, v. SILICON VALLEY BANK, Defendant-Counter-Claimant/Cross-Claimant-Appellee, v. LAW OFFICES OF JOSEPH DICIUCCIO, Counter-Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 92-16196, 93-16548. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 14, 1994. Decided Feb. 24, 1995. Before: POOLE, BEEZER, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Silicon Valley Bank appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Shell Oil Company in Shell's declaratory judgment claim against the Bank (92-16196). The Law Offices of Joseph Diciuccio appeals the denial of its motion for summary judgment in the Bank's cross-claim against the Law Offices (93-16548). At issue in 92-16196 is whether a principal's ratification of an agent's settlement…