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NEWMAN OIL CO. v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO.

No. 5-32.

597 F.2d 275 (1979)

NEWMAN OIL COMPANY, Advance Petroleum Distributing Company, Inc., B & H Oil Company, Chambles Oil Company, D & S Service Company, Inc., Econ-O-Gas, Inc., Fuel Distributors, Inc., Gabbert Oil Company, Gooding Oil, Inc., Crain Oil Co., Havard Oil Company, Inc., Henderson Oil & Butane Co., Hinson Oil Co., Inc., Hunt County Oil Co., Inc., Ben Ivey Oil Company, Newcomer Butane & Oil Co., Martin Oil Company, R. L. More & Son, Oates Oil Co., Permian Oil & Tire Co., Inc., W. C. Rinks Oil Co., Rodgers Oil Company, Ray Schlichting Oil Co., Service Oil Co., Tandem Oil Co., Ralph Watson Oil Co., Inc., Marsh Oil Co., Inc., Lamberth Oil Co., Hornet Distributing Co., Bosse Oil Co., Stapp Oil Co., HRNCIR Oil Co., Whitten Oil Co., Inc., Mason Oil Company, W. D. (Bill) Young Oil & Supply, J. G. Moore Oil Co., Neal's Oil & Butane, Inc. and Kelso Oil Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, Albert B. Alkek and Foremost Petroleum Corporation, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals.

Decided April 20, 1979.

Rehearing Denied May 25, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Feather, Johnston & Feather, P. C., Dallas, Tex. (John C. Gabbert, Dallas, Tex., on brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas R. McDade, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, Tex. (Alton F. Curry, Steven E. Segal, Louis S. Zimmerman, and David L. Tolin, Houston, Tex., of the same firm on brief), for defendants-appellees, Albert B. Alkek and Foremost Petroleum Corp., Inc.

Gregory S. C. Huffman, Thompson & Knight, Dallas, Tex. (Jerry L. Buchmeyer and David R. McAtee, Dallas, Tex., of the same firm on brief and William John Rathje, Los Angeles, California, of counsel), for defendant-appellee, Atlantic Richfield Co.

Before HOFFMAN, INGRAHAM and GEWIN, Judges.

HOFFMAN, Judge.

Appellants, a large number of local distributors of petroleum products, brought suit against appellees alleging violations of the antitrust laws of the United States and Texas, the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 (the EPAA), the Clayton Act as amended, and common law breach of contract and false representation. There is no diversity of citizenship involved. Appellees filed motions to dismiss for...

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