OCCIDENTAL FIRE & CAS. CO. v. CONTINENTAL BANK

No. 89-3717.

918 F.2d 1312 (1990)

OCCIDENTAL FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CONTINENTAL BANK N.A., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis C. Waldon, Monica L. Thompson, Edward H. Rice, Keck, Mahin & Cate, Marvin Glassman, Rabens, Formusa & Glassman, Chicago, Ill., Peter M. Foley, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & Macrae, Raleigh, N.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Francis J. Higgins, James L. Meador, Carol A. Genis, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUDAHY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Occidental Fire & Casualty Company contends that Continental Bank N.A. wrongfully dishonored Occidental's attempt to draw the proceeds of seven letters of credit of which Occidental was a co-beneficiary. The district court decided in Continental's favor, and Occidental appeals. We affirm.

I. FACTS

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