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MSR EXPLORATION, LTD. v. MERIDIAN OIL, INC.

No. 94-35833.

74 F.3d 910 (1996)

MSR EXPLORATION, LTD., a Canadian corporation; Gypsy-Highview Gathering System, Inc., a Montana corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MERIDIAN OIL, INC.; Fina Oil & Chemical Co., Inc.; Blackleaf Partners, Inc.; Blackleaf Gas Assocs., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 22, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth D. Tolliver, Wright, Tolliver and Guthals, Billings, Montana, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Stephen H. Foster and W. Scott Mitchell, Holland & Hart, Billings, Montana, Steven M. Johnson, Church, Harris, Johnson & Williams, Great Falls, Montana, and Mark D. Parker, Billings, Montana, for defendants-appellees.

Before: WRIGHT, FERNANDEZ, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.

FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:

MSR Exploration, Ltd. and Gypsy-Highview Gathering Systems, Inc. (collectively MSR) brought this action for malicious prosecution against Meridian Oil, Inc., Fina Oil & Chemical Co., Inc., Blackleaf Partners, Inc., and Blackleaf Gas Associates, LLC (collectively Producers). The action was based upon MSR's claim that Producers had maliciously filed and pursued creditors' claims in MSR's Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding. The district court...

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