U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1997

Fidelity National v. Chicago Title

Fidelity National v. Chicago Title
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Decided July 18, 1997

Fidelity National v. Chicago Title

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 96-2300

FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus

CHICAGO TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Frederic N. Smalkin, District Judge. (CA- 94-1541-S)

Argued: June 5, 1997 Decided: July 18, 1997

Before WILKINS and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

ARGUED: Lauri Elizabeth Cleary, LERCH, EARLY & BREWER, CHARTERED, Bethesda, Maryland, for Appellant. Anthony Linn Meagher, PIPER & MARBURY, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Stanley J.

Reed, LERCH, EARLY & BREWER, CHARTERED, Bethesda, Maryland, for Appellant. Charles P. Scheeler, PIPER & MARBURY, Baltimore, Mary- land; Thomas A. Doyle, William M. Sneed, BAKER & MCKENZIE, Chicago, Illinois; Susan E. Woods, CHICAGO TITLE INSURANCE CO., Chicago, Illinois, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM: When this case was on appeal the first time, we affirmed the dismissal of Fidelity's claims against Chicago Title for conversion and unjust enrichment, but we remanded for further proceedings on Fidelity's claims for breach of fiduciary duty and civil conspir- acy. See Fidelity Nat'l Title Ins. Co. v. Chicago Title Ins. Co., No. 94-2308 (4th Cir. Aug. 4, 1995). On remand the district court, after allowing further discovery, granted Chicago Title's separate motions for summary judgment on the two remaining claims. Fidelity appeals from the judgment order entered August 13, 1996. After considering the joint appendix, the briefs, and the arguments of counsel, we affirm for the reasons stated in the district court's two opinions. See Fidelity Nat'l Title Ins. Co. v. Chicago Title Ins. Co., Civil No. S-94-1541 (D. Md. Apr. 22, 1996), and Fidelity Nat'l Title Ins. Co. v. Chicago Title Ins. Co., Civil No. S-94-1541 (D. Md. Aug. 13, 1996).

AFFIRMED

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