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BENEFIEL v. EXXON CORP.

No. 90-56055.

959 F.2d 805 (1992)

James R. BENEFIEL; Edward D. Taylor, individually, on behalf of themselves, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. EXXON CORPORATION; Exxon Shipping Co.; Alyeska Pipeline Service Company; Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 24, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis O. Scarpulla, San Francisco, Cal., Edwin C. Schreiber, Encino, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

John F. Daum, O'Melveny & Myers, and Robert S. Warren, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, Cal., A. Stephen Hut, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Robert B. Mitchell, of Preston Thorgrimson Shidler Gates & Ellis, Anchorage, Alaska, appeared and argued on behalf of the States of Alaska and Cal., amici curiae.

Before: SCHROEDER, LEAVY and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

This is a case arising out of the multimillion gallon crude oil spill which occurred when the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound in 1989. The plaintiffs in this case seek to represent a class of those who purchased gasoline in California during a specified period following the spill. They seek to recover damages representing what they claim was the increased price they were required to pay as a result of the spill. They brought...

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