COVEY OIL COMPANY v. CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY

Nos. 7989-7991.

340 F.2d 993 (1965)

COVEY OIL COMPANY, Valley Oil Company, Frank Ferguson, Fred Smith and Jack Wiles, Appellants, v. CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY and Texaco, Inc., Appellees. PYRAMID OIL COMPANY, Premium Oil Company and Quality Oil Company, Appellants, v. CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY and Texaco, Inc., Appellees. SLIM OLSON, INC., Appellant, v. CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY and Texaco, Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 2, 1965.

Certiorari Denied April 5, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn S. Richards, Salt Lake City, Utah (Richard L. Bird, Jr., and M. Byron Fisher, Salt Lake City, Utah, were with him on the brief), for appellants in No. 7989.

Louis H. Callister, Sr., Salt Lake City, Utah (Louis H. Callister, Jr., Salt Lake City, Utah, was with him on the brief), for appellants in No. 7990.

George K. Fadel, Bountiful, Utah, filed a brief for appellant in No. 7991.

Everett B. Clary, Los Angeles, Cal. (Brayton, Lowe & Hurley, John W. Lowe, Salt Lake City, Utah, A. T. Smith, Denver, Colo., O'Melveny & Myers, Henry C. Thumann, and Alan I. Rothenberg, Los Angeles, Cal., were with him on the brief), for appellee Continental Oil Co.

George W. Jansen, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee Texaco, Inc.

Before PICKETT, BREITENSTEIN and HILL, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied April 5, 1965. See 85 S.Ct. 1110.

BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

These appeals, which were considered on a consolidated record, relate to orders on motions to quash subpoenas duces tecum issued to non-party witnesses. The trial court modified the subpoenas by striking therefrom a requirement as to an identified category of information and otherwise denied the motions to quash.

The action was brought by Uinta Oil Refining Company and...

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