OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION v. BUTTES GAS & OIL COMPANY

No. 71-1984.

461 F.2d 1261 (1972)

OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION and Occidental of UMM Al Qaywayn, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BUTTES GAS & OIL COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

June 23, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip F. Westbrook, Jr. (argued), Donald M. Wessling, of O'Melveny & Meyers, Los Angeles, Cal., Arthur Groman, of Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, Los Angeles, Cal., Louis Nizer, David G. Miller, of Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Frank Rothman (argued), Thomas H. Kuchel, Wyman, Bautzer, Finell, Rothman & Kuchel, Hindin, McKittrick & Marsh, Beverly Hills, Cal., E. David Philley, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before KOELSCH, CARTER and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellants filed a private antitrust action against Buttes Gas & Oil Company, Clayco Petroleum Corporation and certain officers of Buttes and Clayco.

The district court dismissed the action as to Clayco and its officer, 331 F.Supp. 92 (1971) and no appeal has been brought from that dismissal.

Buttes urged five substantive grounds for dismissal. The district court, in an extensive and well-researched...

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