BODELL v. WALBROOK INS. CO.

No. 94-56708.

119 F.3d 1411 (1997)

Gregory S. BODELL, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant, v. WALBROOK INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 17, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry D. Gradstein, Gradstein, Luskin & Van Dalsem, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant.

Charles A. Bird, Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, San Diego, CA; Andrew J. Waxler, Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, Los Angeles, CA; Sara A. Culp, Adams, Duque & Hazeltine, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees.

Before: REINHARDT, KOZINSKI, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.


MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge.

We consider here a question of first impression in this Circuit: whether an insurance policy promising to provide representation in "any proceeding or suit brought by any governmental regulatory agency seeking non-pecuniary relief" obligates the insurer to provide representation during an investigation by agents of the United States Postal Inspection Service ("the Postal Inspection Service") into allegations of mail fraud on the...

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