STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA v. MOORE

No. 14927.

251 F.2d 188 (1957)

STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, a corporation, Shell Oil Company, a corporation, The Texas Company, a corporation, Richfield Oil Corporation, a corporation, General Petroleum Corporation, a corporation, Tide Water Associated Oil Company, a corporation, and Union Oil Company of California, a corporation, Appellants, v. George F. MOORE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 10, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall P. Madison, Francis R. Kirkham, William E. Mussman, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, Cal., Helsell, Paul, Fetterman, Todd & Hokanson, Seattle, Wash., for appellant, Standard Oil Co. of California.

George W. Jansen, New York City, Arthur Tucker, James O. Sullivan, Los Angeles, Cal., and Milton Handler, New York, N. Y., Grosscup, Ambler, Stephan & Miller, Seattle, Wash., of counsel, for appellant, The Texas Co.

William J. DeMartini, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant, Richfield Oil Corp., Graham, Green & Dunn, Seattle, Wash., of counsel.

Robert W. Graham, Seattle, Wash., Howard Painter, Paul E. Bermingham, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant General Petroleum Corp., Bogle, Bogle & Gates, Seattle, Wash., of counsel.

DeWitt Williams, Seattle, Wash., William F. Kiessig, Edmund D. Buckley, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant Tide Water Associated Oil Co., Eggerman, Rosling & Williams, Seattle, Wash., of counsel.

L. A. Gibbons, Los Angeles, Cal., Moses Lasky, San Francisco, Cal., Herbert S. Little, Seattle, Wash., for appellant Union Oil Co. of California, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., Little, LeSourd, Palmer, Scott & Slemmons, Seattle, Wash., of counsel.

Newman H. Clark, Seattle, Wash., S. R. Vandivort, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant Shell Oil Co., Venables, Ballinger & Clark, of counsel.

Ferguson & Burdell, William H. Ferguson, Charles S. Burdell, William Wesselhoeft, Donald McL. Davidson, Phil H. DeTurk, Seattle, Wash., for appellee.

Before STEPHENS, Chief Judge, and POPE and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges.


HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.

This is a treble-damage antitrust suit, brought by George F. Moore, a former Seattle gasoline service station owner and operator, against seven major oil companies.1 Charging defendants with the destruction of his business, plaintiff sought treble damages in the amount of $285,000. He also asked for a decree requiring defendants to divest themselves of all interest in, or control of, retail service stations in the...

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