COMMERCIAL UNION INS. CO. v. SPONHOLZ

No. 88-1586.

866 F.2d 1162 (1989)

COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE CO., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard SPONHOLZ; Ingrid Sponholz, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 31, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip W. Aaron, Aaron, Riechert, Carpol & Riffle, Redwood City, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Marilyn Raia, Derby, Cook, Quinby & Tweedt, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWNING, BEEZER and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.


BEEZER, Circuit Judge:

Richard and Ingrid Sponholz appeal a declaratory judgment which determined that the marine insurance policy issued by Commercial Union Insurance Company did not cover loss of their trawler due to a defective title. We review grants of declaratory judgment de novo, United States v. State of Washington, 759 F.2d 1353, 1356-57 (9th Cir.1985) (per curiam en banc), and affirm.

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