IN RE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION

No. MDL 150 AWT.

782 F.Supp. 481 (1991)

In re COORDINATED PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS IN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

December 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael I. Spiegel, Wayne M. Liao, Charles M. Kagay, Spiegel, Liao & Kagay, San Francisco, Cal., Grant Woods, Atty. Gen. of State of Ariz., H. Leslie Hall, Jeri K. Auther, Asst. Attys. Gen., Consumer Protection & Antitrust Section, Phoenix, Ariz., for State of Ariz.

Daniel E. Lungren, Atty. Gen. of State of Cal., Thomas Dove, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., Mary Elizabeth Alden, Deputy Atty. Gen., Sacramento, Cal., Lawrence R. Tapper, Deputy Atty. Gen., Los Angeles, Cal., Sanford N. Gruskin, Asst. Atty. Gen., San Diego, Cal., for State of Cal.

David Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen. of State of Or., Andrew E. Aubertine, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Financial Fraud Section, Salem, Or., for State of Or.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Atty. Gen. of State of Wash., John R. Ellis, Deputy Atty. Gen., Jon P. Ferguson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Seattle, Wash., for State of Wash.

Otis Pratt Pearsall, Philip H. Curtis, Bruce R. Kelly, Arnold & Porter, New York City, Ronald C. Redcay, Matthew T. Heartney, Arnold & Porter, Donald A. Bright, Thomas H. Reilly, Atlantic Richfield Co., Los Angeles, Cal., for Atlantic Richfield Co.

Robert A. Mittelstaedt, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Washington, D.C., Roderick M. Thompson, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, Paul R. Truebenbach, Chevron Corp., San Francisco, Cal., for Chevron Corp.

Howard J. Privestt, David A. Destino, Baker & Hostetler, McCutchen Black, Los Angeles, Cal., John H. Lewis, Jr., Jay H. Calvert, Jr., Joseph W.G. Fay, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., John R. Rebman, J. Anthony Chavez, Exxon Corp., Houston, Tex., for Exxon Corp.

Andrew J. Kilcarr, Maureen O'Bryan, Janet L. McDavid, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D.C., Donald J. Frickel, Mobil Oil Corp., Fairfax, Va., for Mobil Oil Corp.

William R. O'Brien, Alan M. Grimaldi, Robert M. Bruskin, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D.C., Fred H. Bartlit, Jr., Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., Jeffrey S. Davidson, Philip S. Swain, Todd A. Gale, Tony L. Richardson, Kirkland & Ellis, Los Angeles, Cal., Raymond V. McCord, Shell Oil Co., Universal City, Cal., for Shell Oil Co.

Barry Willner, Milton J. Schubin, Randolph S. Sherman, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hayes & Handler, New York City, Robert D. Wilson, Robert E. Fuller, Texaco Inc., White Plains, N.Y., Leslie C. Randall, Texaco Inc., Universal City, Cal., for Texaco, Inc.

Darryl Snider, Daniel J. Tyukody, Jr., Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Los Angeles, Cal., William J. Taylor, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., Patricia Burrall Woolls, UNOCAL Corp., Los Angeles, Cal., for Union Oil Co. of California.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

TASHIMA, District Judge.

These are four antitrust actions, brought by the states of California, Arizona, Oregon and Washington. The complaints were filed in 1975, 1976 and 1977.1 Defendants are seven of the major oil companies: Atlantic Richfield Company, Chevron Corporation, Exxon Corporation, Mobil Oil Corporation, Shell Oil Company, Texaco Inc., and Union Oil Company of California. Plaintiffs charge a conspiracy...

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