BOGOSIAN v. GULF OIL CORP.

No. 84-3013.

738 F.2d 587 (1984)

Paul BOGOSIAN and Louis Parisi, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Petitioners, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, American Oil Company, Exxon Corporation, Mobil Oil Corporation, Phillips Petroleum Company, Shell Oil Company, Sun Oil Company of Pennsylvania, Texaco, Inc., Cities Service Company, Atlantic Richfield Company, Union Oil Company of California, Amerada Hess Corporation, Getty Oil Company, Chevron Oil Co., and BP Oil, Inc., Respondents, and Honorable Donald W. VanArtsdalen, Judge, United States District Court, Nominal Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 28, 1984.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Berger, H. Laddie Montague, Jr., Warren D. Mulloy, Howard Langer, Martin I. Twersky, Alan Sandals, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., Harold Brown, Boston, Mass., Norman Zarwin, Zarwin & Baum, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., for petitioners/class representatives.

Charles I. Thompson, Jr., Michael L. Lehr, George E. Moore, Stephen D. Schutt, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Ralph W. Brenner, Howard D. Scher, Gilbert F. Casellas, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., William Simon, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D.C., Adlai S. Hardin, Jr., Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York City, Andrew J. Kilcarr, Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, Washington, D.C., Edward W. Mullinix, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., Henry H. Janssen, Warren L. Simpson, Jr., Rawle & Henderson, Philadelphia, Pa., Hoyt H. Harmon, Jr., The Gulf Companies, Houston, Tex., David L. Doyle, Chicago, Ill., John H. Lewis, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., Thomas O. Kuhns, Fred H. Bartlit, Jr., Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., Joseph P. Foley, Texaco Inc., White Plains, N.Y., for respondents.

Before GIBBONS, SLOVITER and BECKER, Circuit Judges.


Submitted Under Third Circuit Rule 12(6) February 8, 1984.

Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied July 18, 1984.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

Before us is a Petition for Mandamus filed by representatives of a national class action brought under the antitrust laws against the fifteen major oil companies on behalf of their lessee dealers. Petitioners seek the writ to direct the district court to vacate its orders compelling...

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