First Arkansas Bank &Trust, et al v. Lincoln Benefit Life Company

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PER CURIAM OPINION FILED - THE COURT: LAVENSKI R. SMITH, C. ARLEN BEAM and BOBBY E. SHEPHERD (UNPUBLISHED) [3928170] [11-3494]

United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 11-3494
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First Arkansas Bank & Trust,

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Plaintiff/Appellee,
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Mary L. Howard,
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* Appeal from the United States
Intervenor Plaintiff/Appellee,
* District Court for the
* Eastern District of Arkansas.
v.
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[UNPUBLISHED]
Lincoln Benefit Life Company,
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Defendant/Appellant.
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Submitted: June 14, 2012
Filed: July 3, 2012
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Before SMITH, BEAM, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Lincoln Benefit Life (LBL) appeals the district court's1 grant of summary
judgment in favor of First Arkansas Bank & Trust and Mary Howard. This case
involves the interpretation of insurance policy language, which can be determined as

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The Honorable D.P. Marshall Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Arkansas.

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a matter of law. There are no material facts in dispute. After careful de novo review
of the record as well as the parties' briefing on appeal, see Anderson v. Durham D &
M, L.L.C., 606 F.3d 513, 518 (8th Cir. 2010), we conclude that summary judgment
was properly granted for the reasons stated by the district court in its well-reasoned
analysis. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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