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CITY OF LONG BEACH v. STANDARD OIL OF CALIFORNIA

Nos. 93-55156, 93-55157, 93-55214, 93-55215 and 93-55217.

46 F.3d 929 (1995)

The CITY OF LONG BEACH, State of California, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant, and Exxon Corporation, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 31, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James N. McCabe, Deputy City Atty., Long Beach, CA, Thomas D. Nevins, Broad, Schulz, Larson & Wineberg, San Francisco, CA, M. Brian McMahon and Gary W. Hoecker, Hoecker, McMahon, Jeys & Buck, Los Angeles, CA, Richard N. Light, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Howard J. Privett, David A. Destino, Angela C. Agrusa and Brooke K. Richter, Baker & Hostetler, Los Angeles, CA, Richard P. Delaney and Randall M. Ebner, Houston, TX, for defendant-appellee.

Before: REINHARDT and NOONAN, Jr., Circuit Judges and TANNER, District Judge.

TANNER, District Judge:

The City of Long Beach and the State of California (plaintiffs) appeal from a jury verdict against them and in favor of Exxon. They take issue with four jury instructions given by the trial court and with evidentiary rulings made during the trial. Because we find that the claimed error, if any, in the formulation of the jury instructions was harmless, and because we find that the district court did not err in refusing to admit plaintiffs' proffered...

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