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WOLVERTON v. SHELL OIL COMPANY

No. 23768.

442 F.2d 666 (1971)

Charles W. WOLVERTON, Appellant, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

May 13, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William I. Cohen (argued), William E. Anderson, Jr., Palo Alto, Cal., for appellant.

Bernard Petrie (argued), McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, Cal., William Simon, Paul E. d'Hedouville, of Howrey, Simon, Baker & Murchison, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before MADDEN, Judge, United States Court of Claims, CHAMBERS and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges.

DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from an order setting aside a private sale by a trustee in bankruptcy to the bankrupt, Wolverton, of an antitrust cause of action. We affirm.

The bankrupt had been in the retail oil business and owned 60% of the stock of a corporation, Wolverton Oil Company. On September 30, 1963, he acquired from that company a cause of action against major oil companies for claimed violation...

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