LITTLE OIL CO., INC. v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO.

Nos. 87-6114, 87-6166 and 87-6456.

852 F.2d 441 (1988)

LITTLE OIL COMPANY, INC., a Calif. corp.; Haber Oil Products, Inc., a Calif. corporation, d/b/a Ed Haber & Sons Petroleum, Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, a Penn. corp., Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Laufer, Lloyd K. Chapman, David Gurnick, Kindel & Anderson, Woodland Hills, Cal., for plaintiffs-counter-defendants-appellants/cross-appellees.

Donald G. Smaltz, Robert B. Miller, Robert L. Hess, and Leighton M. Anderson, Miller, Lewis & Bockius and Paul J. Richmond, Atlantic Richfield Co., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-counter-claimant-appellee/cross-appellant.

Before GOODWIN, Chief Judge, and FLETCHER and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.


FARRIS, Circuit Judge:

Little Oil Company, Inc. and Haber Oil Products were both franchise gasoline distributors for the Atlantic Richfield Company. In 1981 Little and Haber accepted new multi-year franchise agreements with ARCO. From 1973 through January 1981, federal regulations controlled gasoline price and allocation, preventing ARCO and other oil companies from making certain changes in their business and marketing practices, or restructuring the prices they...

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