MOBIL OIL CORP., Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
CITY OF LONG BEACH, Defendant-Appellee.
EXXON CORP., Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
CITY OF LONG BEACH, Defendant-Appellee.
UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
The CITY OF LONG BEACH, a municipal corporation; Kenneth Cory, Leo McCarthy, Michael Franchetti and John Dever, Defendants-Appellees.
SHELL OIL CO., Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
CITY OF LONG BEACH, Kenneth Cory, Leo McCarthy, Michael Franchetti and John Dever, Defendants-Appellees.
TEXACO, INC., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
CITY OF LONG BEACH, a Municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellee.
SHELL CALIFORNIA PRODUCTION, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
CITY OF LONG BEACH, a Municipal Corporation; Kenneth Cory; Leo McCarthy; Jesse Huff; and John Dever, Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued and Submitted December 3, 1984.
Decided September 24, 1985.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Andrew J. Kilcarr, Vincent Tricarico, John P. Dean, Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, Washington, D.C., Thomas R. Trowbridge, III, Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.
Philip K. Verleger, David A. Destino, McCutchen, Black, Verleger & Shea, Los Angeles, Cal., Robert L. Norris, Exxon Corp., Houston, Tex., for Exxon Corp.
Charles F. Rice, Donald L. Clarke, Charles B. Strauss, III, Mobil Oil Corp., New York City, for Mobil Oil Corp.
Leslie C. Randall, Mauryne S. Fennell, Tony O. Hemming, Los Angeles, Cal., Robert D. Wilson, White Plains, N.Y., for Texaco Inc.
Bruce G. Warren, Shell Oil Co., Anaheim, Cal., William Simon, P.C., John S. Kingdon, Alan M. Grimaldi, Albert O. Cornelison, Jr., Howrey & Simon, Washington, D.C., William G. Winters, Jr., Raymond V. McCord, Shell Oil Co., Houston, Tex., for Shell Oil Co.
John K. Van de Kamp, Atty. Gen., N. Gregory Taylor, Asst. Atty. Gen., Alan V. Hager, Nancy K. Chiu, Dep. Attys. Gen., Los Angeles, Cal., for Cory, McCarthy & Huff.
Robert W. Parkin, Long Beach, Cal., for City of Long Beach & Dever.
Before WALLACE and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges, and MacBRIDE, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
These consolidated appeals concern the interpretation of a contract between the City of Long Beach (Long Beach) and various oil companies for the production of oil on land held by Long Beach as trustee for the State of California. Mobil Oil Corporation (Mobil), Exxon Corporation (Exxon), Shell Oil Company (Shell), and Texaco Inc. (Texaco) appeal from Judge Gray's refusal to hear their diversity claims...
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