Principal Life Ins. Co. v. Robinson

394 F.3d 665 PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., an Iowa corporation; Petula Associates Ltd., an Iowa corporation; Equity FC Ltd., an Iowa corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Constance A. ROBINSON; Chester L. Robinson, individually and as trustee of the Chester Robinson Trust; Lynn Robinson; Kay Bell; Thea Wood; Dee Hanson, Defendants-Appellees. No. 03-35376. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted November 3, 2004. Filed January 6, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED G. Frank Hammond, Cable Huston Benedict Haagensen & Lloyd LLP, Portland, OR, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Lainie Block, Larkins Vacura LLP, Portland, OR, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon; Anna J. Brown, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-00-01345-BR. Before TROTT, KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges, and POLLAK, * Senior Judge. TROTT, Circuit Judge: 1 Principal Life Insurance Company, Equity FC Ltd., and Petula Associates Ltd., a subsidiary of Principal, (collectively "Principal") appeal the district court's dismissal of Principal's action for declaratory relief relating to a material dispute over a rent recalculation provision…