OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP. v. BUTTES GAS & OIL CO.

Civ. No. 70-1397-HP

331 F.Supp. 92 (1971)

OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a California corporation, and Occidental of Umm al Qaywayn, Inc., a California corporation, Plaintiffs, v. BUTTES GAS & OIL COMPANY, a corporation, Clayco Petroleum Corporation, a corporation, John Boreta, William H. Smith, E. David Philley, and Bruce J. Clayman, Defendants.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

March 17, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip F. Westbrook, Jr. and Donald M. Wessling, O'Melveny & Myers, Arthur Groman, Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, Los Angeles, Cal., Louis Nizer, Simon Rose and David G. Miller, Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Thomas H. Kuchel and Frank Rothman, Wyman, Bautzer, Finell, Rothman & Kuchel, Beverly Hills, Cal., for defendants, Buttes Gas & Oil Co., John Boreta and William H. Smith.

Maurice J. Hindin, Hindin, McKittrick & Marsh, Beverly Hills, Cal., for defendants, Clayco Petroleum Corp. and Bruce J. Clayman.


OPINION AND ORDER

PREGERSON, District Judge.

This is a private antitrust suit for treble damages and an injunction,1 brought by Occidental Petroleum Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary Occidental of Umm al Qaywayn against the Clayco Petroleum Corporation ("Clayco") and its president, Clayman, and the Buttes Gas and Oil Company ("Buttes") and its officers Boreta and Smith.2 The complaint charges...

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