SHELL OIL CO. v. HICKMAN

Civ. A. No. 88-0576-R.

716 F.Supp. 931 (1989)

SHELL OIL COMPANY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Barbara HICKMAN and Barbara Hickman in her Capacity as Representative of the Estate of Michael R. Hickman, Deceased, Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Virginia, Roanoke Division.

June 2, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Marcus, Jeffrey K. Sherwood, Mark P. Fitzsimmons and Jonathan Shapiro, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Falls Church, Va., for plaintiffs.

Jeffrey K. Sherwood, Mark P. Fitzsimmons and Jonathan Shapiro, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, D.C., for Union Oil Co. of California.

John McN. Broaddus, Connerton, Ray & Simon, Washington, D.C., and Glenn B. Hammond, Roanoke, Va., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

KISER, District Judge.

This matter is before me on the plaintiffs' motion for a judgment on the pleadings or, in the alternative, for summary judgment. The parties have fully briefed the issues, and I have heard oral argument so this matter is ripe for disposition.

Facts

The essential facts of this dispute are as follows: The plaintiffs in the instant suit, Shell Oil Company, Ashland Oil, Inc., Exxon Corporation...

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