U.S.A. PETROLEUM CORP. v. ANACONDA CO.

No. 9-52.

653 F.2d 502 (1981)

U.S.A. PETROLEUM CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The ANACONDA COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals.

Decided June 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Campbell, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Los Angeles, Cal., with whom David W. Steuber, Los Angeles, Cal., was on the brief for defendant-appellant.

Sheldon A. Gebb, McCutchen, Black, Verleger & Shea, Los Angeles, Cal., with whom Max K. Jamison and John M. Rochefort of the same firm, and Maxwell M. Blecher and Michael U. Edwards, Blecher, Collins & Hoecker, Los Angeles, Cal., were on the brief for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GRANT, PECK and LACEY, Judges.


LACEY, Judge.

The Anaconda Company appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in the United States District Court for the Central District of California awarding U.S.A. Petroleum Corporation $5,993,938.60 as damages for appellant's breach of contract.

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On January 21, 1974, U.S.A. Petroleum Corp. ("USA") and The Anaconda Company ("Anaconda") entered into a written contract under which, between January 21, 1974, and June 30, 1979, Anaconda...

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