KERN OIL & REFINING CO. v. TENNECO OIL CO.

Nos. 86-6674, 87-5743.

840 F.2d 730 (1988)

KERN OIL & REFINING CO., Plaintiff/Counter-Defendant/Appellee, v. TENNECO OIL COMPANY, Defendant/Counter-Claimant/Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Martin, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant/counter-claimant/appellant.

Richard E. Sherwood, Suzanne F. Duff, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff/counter-defendant/appellee.

Before SNEED and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges, and INGRAM, District Judge.


SNEED, Circuit Judge:

Tenneco Oil Company appeals from a district court judgment awarding $32 million in damages, interest, and attorneys' fees to Kern Oil & Refining Company for Tenneco's breach of contract and fraud. We affirm.

I.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

Kern Oil & Refining Company (Kern) is a crude oil refiner whose refinery is located in Bakersfield, California. Kern has no crude oil production of its own and therefore must...

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