GENERAL PETROLEUM CORP. v. DISTRICT COURT

No. 14319.

213 F.2d 689 (1954)

GENERAL PETROLEUM CORP. et al. v. DISTRICT COURT OF UNITED STATES FOR WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON, NORTHERN DIVISION.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

May 25, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reynolds, Painter & Cherniss, Los Angeles, Cal., Bogle, Bogle & Gates, Robert W. Graham, Seattle, Wash., J. A. Tucker, Los Angeles, Cal., George W. Jansen, New York City, Grosscup, Ambler, Stephan & Miller, Seattle, Wash., Edmund D. Buckley, W. F. Kiessig, San Francisco, Cal., Eggerman, Rosling & Williams, Seattle, Wash., for petitioners.

Ferguson & Burdell, Seattle, Wash., for respondent George Moore.

Before HEALY, POPE and LEMMON, Circuit Judges.


POPE, Circuit Judge.

Petitioners seek writs of prohibition and of mandamus directed against the respondent District Court, prohibiting the enforcement of a certain order of that court dated March 17, 1954. The order under attack was entered in an action entitled "George F. Moore, plaintiff, v. Standard Oil Company of California, et al., defendants." It was made pursuant to that plaintiff's motion under Rule 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A.,...

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