WASH. PUB. UTIL. GROUP v. U.S. DIST. COURT

Nos. 87-7236, 87-7336 and 87-7355.

843 F.2d 319 (1987)

WASHINGTON PUBLIC UTILITIES GROUP, et al., Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR the WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, Henry PUCHALL; Joseph Harris; David Gold; Marvin Frankel; Chemical Bank, et al., Real Parties in Interest. SALOMON BROTHERS, INC., and Columbia Rural Electric Association, Inc., et al., Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR the WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, WASHINGTON PUBLIC UTILITIES GROUP, et al., Real Parties in Interest.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 2, 1987.

As Amended April 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Malanca, Tacoma, Wash., for Wash. Public Utilities Group.

Roy Moceri, Seattle, Wash., for R.W. Beck.

David F. Jurca, Seattle, Wash., for Columbia Rural Elec. Ass'n.

Paul Bernstein, New York City, for class plaintiffs.

James J. Hagan, New York City, for Blyth Eastman.

Richard Clary, New York City, for Chemical Bank.

Before GOODWIN, ALARCON and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.


OPINION*

ALARCON, Circuit Judge:

Petitioners in this consolidated petition for a writ of mandamus ask us to compel the district court to vacate its order changing the venue of this action from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington to the District of Arizona (Tucson). We deny the requested relief because petitioners have failed to demonstrate (1) that the district court clearly and indisputably...

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