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PENNZOIL CO. v. TEXACO INC.

No. 85-1798.

481 U.S. 1 (1987)

PENNZOIL CO. v. TEXACO INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 6, 1987

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence H. Tribe argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were John L. Jeffers, G. Irvin Terrell, Paul M. Bator, Douglas A. Poe, Kenneth S. Geller, W. James Kronzer, Joseph D. Jamail, Harry M. Reasoner, Simon H. Rifkind, Arthur L. Liman, and Mark A. Belnick.

David Boies argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Thomas D. Barr, Francis P. Barron, Paul J. Curran, Milton J. Schubin, Randolph S. Sherman, Ira S. Sacks, Charles Alan Wright, and William F. Baxter.*

JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court.

The principal issue in this case is whether a federal district court lawfully may enjoin a plaintiff who has prevailed in a trial in state court from executing the judgment in its favor pending appeal of that judgment to a state appellate court.

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Getty Oil Co. and appellant Pennzoil Co. negotiated an agreement under which Pennzoil was to purchase about three...

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