Case Name: ECM, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PLACER DOME U.S., INC.; Cortez Gold Mines, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-09-07
Citations: 147 F. App'x 668
Docket Number: No. 03-15896
Parties: ECM, INC., Plaintiff—Appellant, v. PLACER DOME U.S., INC.; Cortez Gold Mines, Defendants—Appellees.
Judges: Before: TALLMAN, BYBEE, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 147
Pages: 668–671

Head Matter:
ECM, INC., Plaintiff—Appellant, v. PLACER DOME U.S., INC.; Cortez Gold Mines, Defendants—Appellees.
No. 03-15896.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted June 13, 2005.
Decided Sept. 7, 2005.
Edward Pluimer, Thomas P. Swigert, Esq., William A. Dossett, Esq., Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
C. David Russell, Esq., Guild, Russell, Gallagher & Fuller, Ltd., Reno, NV, Rodney Patula, Graham & James, Ryan J. Meckfessel, Esq., Squire Sanders & Dempsey, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: TALLMAN, BYBEE, and BEA, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Appellant ECM, Inc. ("ECM") appeals the entry of summary judgment in favor of Appellee Placer Dome U.S. ("PDUS"). The district court ruled that the disclosure provision of the lease agreement between ECM and PDUS's predecessor-in-interest did not run with the land and therefore did not bind PDUS.
We review a district court's grant of summary judgment de novo. Buono v. Norton, 371 F.3d 543, 545 (9th Cir.2004). Three elements define a covenant that runs with the land: 1) the original parties to the covenant must intend for the covenant to run; 2) the covenant must touch and concern the land; and 3) there must be privity of estate. Wheeler v. Schad, 7 Nev. 204, 208-09 (1871).
For reasons explained by the district court, we conclude that the disclosure provision did not touch and concern the land. The covenant therefore does not run with the land, and PDUS is not bound by it.
AFFIRMED.
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