Marc Feldman v. Allstate Insurance Company Vicki Weed

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• holding that a bad faith claim should be dismissed on 3 summary judgment if the defendant demonstrates that there was a genuine dispute as to 4 coverage
• stating that summary judgment should be granted for defendant on an insurance bad faith claim under California law if the defendant demonstrates a genuine dispute as to coverage
• “Most evidentiary 22 rules are procedural in nature, and the Federal Rules of Evidence ordinarily govern.”
• motion to reconsider extended time to appeal despite failure to comply with district court’s local rule requiring a statement that parties conferred before motion was filed
• “state evidence rules that are ‘intimately bound up’ with the state’s substantive decision making must be given full effect by federal courts sitting in 23 diversity”
• “under the Ninth Circuit’s interpretation of California law, a 11 genuine dispute may concern either a reasonable factual dispute or an unsettled 12 area of insurance law”

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