IN RE COORDINATED PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS, ETC.

Nos. 81-5117, 81-5930.

691 F.2d 1335 (1982)

In re COORDINATED PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS IN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION STATE of California, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 9, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Otis Pratt Pearsall, New York City, and Richard J. MacLaury, San Francisco, Cal., argued for defendants-appellees;

Adlai S. Hardin, Jr., Sharon W. Lindsay, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York City, Graham B. Moody, Jr., McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enerson, San Francisco, Cal., Howard Mahany, Jr., Woodbridge, N.J., on brief for Amerada Hess Corp.

Otis Pratt Pearsall, John A. Donovan, Philip H. Curtis, Bruce R. Kelly, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, New York City, Donald A. Bright, Howard S Fredman, Los Angeles, Cal., Ronald C. Redcay, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief for Atlantic Richfield Co.

Paul B. Wells, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, San Diego, Cal., Russell H. Smith, Darrel A. Kelsey, Tulsa, Okl., on brief for Cities Service Co.

Max L. Gillam, Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, Cal., Bruce R. Merrill, Thomas H. Burton, Donald McAviney, Houston, Tex., on brief for Conoco, Inc.

McCutchen, Black, Verleger & Shea, Philip K. Verleger, David A. Destino, Los Angeles, Cal., John H. Chiles, Robert L. Norris, James A. Drexler, Houston, Tex., A. P. Lindemann, Jr., New York City, on brief for Exxon Corp.

C. Lansing Hays, Jr., Robert A. Cohen, Dechert Price & Rhoads, New York City, Carl J. Schuck, George Christensen, Overton, Lyman & Prince, R. D. Copley, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., on brief for Getty Oil Co.

John E. Bailey, Joan B. Oxford, Houston, Tex., George E. Jarvis, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief for Gulf Oil Corp.

Andrew J. Kilcarr, Vincent Tricarico, Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine, Washington, D.C., Charles F. Rice, Donald L. Clarke, New York City, Don T. Hibner, Jr., Charles W. McCoy, Jr., Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Los Angeles, Cal., Stephen D. Houck, Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, New York City, on brief for Mobil Oil Corp.

Sullivan & Cromwell, John W. Dickey, Richard G. Menaker, Howard D. Burnett, New York City, Adams, Duque & Hazeltine, John H. Brinsley, Robert M. Mitchell, Catherine Hunt Ruddy, Los Angeles, Cal., Lewis J. Ottaviani, Neal F. Lehman, John B. Sivertsen, Robert A. Youngberg, Bartlesville, Okl., on brief for Phillips Petroleum Co.

John J. Quinn, Lawrence A. Cox, Kadison, Pfaelzer, Woodard, Quinn & Rossi, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief for Powerine Oil Co.

William Simon, William R. O'Brien, Robert M. Bruskin, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D.C., Stephen D. Long, Houston, Tex., on brief for Shell Oil Co.

Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Richard J. MacLaury, Robert A. Mittelstaedt, David C. Stegall, San Francisco, Cal., on brief for Standard Oil Company of Cal.

M. J. Keating, Paula J. Clayton, Chicago, Ill., Oliver F. Green, Jr., Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief for Standard Oil Co. (Indiana).

J. King Rosendale, Cleveland, Ohio, Paul C. Shafer, Jr., Payne Morehouse Shafer & Harlow, Fairfield, Conn., for Standard Oil Company (Ohio) & RP Oil Inc.

John G. Harkins, Jr., Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, Pa., Robert M. Dubbs, Radnor, Pa., on brief for Sun Oil Co., Inc.

Robert D. Wilson, Sharon S. Jacobs, White Plains, N.Y., Leslie C. Randall, Los Angeles, Cal., James O. Sullivan, Allan J. Reniche, William D. Hughes, Sullivan, Jones & Archer, San Diego, Cal., Milton J. Schubin, Barry Willner, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, on brief for Texaco Inc.

Edward S. Renwick, Gregory C. Brown, Hanna & Morton, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief for Thums Long Beach Co.

John E. Sparks, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., Edward A. McFadden, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Robert G. Pott, Los Angeles, Cal., Harold E. Zahner, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief for Union Oil Co.

Michael I. Spiegel, Wayne M. Liao, Deputy Attys. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., argued for plaintiffs-appellants; George Deukmejian, Atty. Gen., Sanford N. Gruskin, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief.

Robert K. Corbin, Atty. Gen., Allison B. Swan, Chief, Counsel, Antitrust Division, David B. Goldstein, Asst. Attys. Gen., Phoenix, Ariz., for State of Ariz.

Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., Richard L. Caswell, Nancy K. Nakata, Asst. Attys. Gen., Salem, Or., for State of Or.

Ken Eikenberry, Atty. Gen., John R. Ellis, Jay Uchida, Jon P. Ferguson, James Kirkham Johns, Asst. Attys. Gen., Consumer Protection & Antitrust, Seattle, Wash., for State of Wash.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Bill L. Bryant, Jr., Larry H. Evans, Jerome W. Hoffman, David G. Guest, Asst. Attys. Gen., Antitrust Unit, Tallahassee, Fla., for State of Fla.

John J. Easton, Atty. Gen., Jay I. Ashman, Chief, Antitrust Division, Glen A. Jarrett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montpelier, Vt., for State of Vt.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen., Charles G. Brown, Deputy Atty. Gen., Director, Antitrust Division, Charleston, W.Va., for State of W.Va.

Bronson C. La Follette, Atty. Gen., Michael L. Zaleski, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Madison, Wis., for State of Wis.

Gay Vanderpoel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Cheyenne, Wyo., for State of Wyo.

Tyrone C. Fahner, Atty. Gen., Thomas M. Genovese, Asst. Atty. Gen. & Chief, Antitrust Div., Thomas S. Malciauskas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., on brief for all States.

Before ANDERSON, SKOPIL and CANBY, Circuit Judges.


CANBY, Circuit Judge:

These interlocutory appeals are before us under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b). They arise from a group of antitrust actions brought against sixteen oil companies by the states of Arizona, California, Florida, Oregon, and Washington. The complaints, which are similar in all material respects, allege violations of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1 & 2. The portions of the complaints material to these appeals allege that the defendant oil...

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