IN RE COORDINATED PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS, ETC.

Nos. 80-5970 to 80-6028, 80-7669, 80-7756, 81-7013 and 81-7029.

658 F.2d 1355 (1981)

In re COORDINATED PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS IN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION. The CITY OF LONG BEACH, as Trustee for the State of California; State of California, on behalf of itself and all political subdivisions and special districts within the state similarly situated; State of Florida, ex rel. Jim Smith, Attorney General; State of Oregon, on behalf of itself, its residents and all political subdivisions within the state similarly situated; State of Washington, on behalf of itself and its public entities and residents; and State of Arizona, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA; Amerada Hess Corporation; Cities Services Company and Cities Service Oil Company; Conoco, Inc.; Getty Oil Company; Gulf Oil Corporation; Powerline Oil Company; Standard Oil Company of Indiana and Ohio; Sun Oil Company, Inc.; Atlantic Richfield Company; Mobil Oil Corporation; Phillips Petroleum Company; Exxon Corporation; Shell Oil Company; Texaco, Inc.; and Union Oil Company of California, Defendants-Appellants, and Leroy K. Cheney; Charles F. Temme; Milford E. Tracy; Clinton E. Kelley; L. John Gandsey; and Ralf Eckles, Third Party Deponents-Appellants. MOBIL OIL CORPORATION; Exxon Corporation; Leroy K. Cheney; Ralf Eckles; L. John Gandsey; Clinton E. Kelley; Charles F. Temme; Milford E. Tracy; Union Oil Company of California; Howard K. Said; and Brobeck, Phleger and Harrison, Petitioners, v. The UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR the CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent, State of California; et al., Real Parties In Interest.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 13, 1981.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing November 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maxwell M. Blecher, Blecher, Collins & Hoecker, Los Angeles, Cal., for City of Long Beach, et al.

Andrew J. Kilcarr, Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, Washington, D. C., for Mobil and Getty Oil Corps.

Michael I. Spiegel, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., for all plaintiff States.

Before GOODWIN and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and PRICE, District Judge.


GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.

The district court, on the motion of the plaintiffs, entered an order disqualifying defense counsel from representing former employees of the defendants and their present employees (other than corporate executives) in connection with discovery depositions in several consolidated multi-district antitrust cases. The defendant corporations and the employee witnesses appeal. We find that we have jurisdiction of this appeal and vacate the order...

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