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PETROL STOPS NORTHWEST v. U.S.

No. 77-2305.

571 F.2d 1127 (1978)

PETROL STOPS NORTHWEST, Gas-A-Tron of Arizona, and Coinoco, Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent, Douglas Oil Company of California, Phillips Petroleum Company, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

March 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max L. Gillam and Morris A. Thurston, of Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, Cal.; Roderick G. Dorman, Houston, Tex. and Harold J. Bliss, Phoenix, Ariz., for appellants.

Daniel L. Berman and Douglas J. Parry, of Berman & Giauque, Salt Lake City, Utah, for appellees.

Before CARTER and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, District Judge.

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Two oil companies that had entered nolo contendere pleas in criminal-antitrust cases appeal an order in related civil litigation which permits the civil plaintiffs substantial discovery of evidence collected by the government in the criminal case.

Petrol Stops and associated plaintiff companies are suing Douglas Oil, Phillips Petroleum, and other defendant oil companies in the District of Arizona for damages for alleged antitrust...

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