Opinion ID: 780089
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Text: 20 A grant of summary judgment is reviewed de novo. See Clicks Billiards, Inc. v. Sixshooters, Inc., 251 F.3d 1252, 1257 (9th Cir.2001). Because this action was removed to federal district court under diversity jurisdiction, the substantive law of California, the forum state, applies. Stanford Ranch, Inc. v. Maryland Cas. Co., 89 F.3d 618, 624 (9th Cir.1996) (quoting St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Weiner, 606 F.2d 864, 867 (9th Cir.1979)) (internal quotation marks omitted). The same de novo standard of review applies to the district court's interpretation of state law as to its interpretation of federal law. Stanford Ranch, 89 F.3d at 624 (citing Matter of McLinn, 739 F.2d 1395, 1398 (9th Cir.1984)). 21 Because the interpretation of an insurance policy is a question of law, this Court must make its own independent determination of the meaning of the relevant contract language. Stanford Ranch, 89 F.3d at 624 (citing Fragomeno v. Ins. Co. of the West, Inc., 207 Cal.App.3d 822, 827, 255 Cal.Rptr. 111 (1989)).