OMEGA ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. v. GILBARCO, INC.

Nos. 96-35153, 96-35172 and 96-35594.

127 F.3d 1157 (1997)

OMEGA ENVIRONMENTAL, INC., a Delaware corporation; ATS Omega, a Texas corporation; Kelley Omega, a Washington corporation; John J. Reynolds, individually; Patrick J. Reynolds, individually; Fedorico Haller, individually; Francisco Calleja, individually; Fernando Calleja, individually; William H. Kelley, individually; Michael J. Reynolds, individually, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GILBARCO, INC., a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellant. OMEGA ENVIRONMENTAL, INC., a Delaware corporation; ATS Omega, a Texas corporation; Kelley Omega, a Washington corporation; Plaintiffs-Appellants, and John J. Reynolds, individually; Patrick J. Reynolds, individually; Fedorico Haller, individually; Francisco Calleja, individually; Fernando Calleja, individually, William H. Kelley, individually; Michael J. Reynolds, individually, Plaintiffs, v. GILBARCO, INC., a Delaware corporation; Rochester Petroleum Equipment Company, a Minnesota corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 29, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Burman, Perkins Coie, Seattle, Washington, for plaintiffs-appellees-cross-appellants.

Timothy J. Waters, William H. Barrett, Amy E. Hancock, Robert E. Kohn, McDermott, Will & Emery, Washington, DC, Stephen A. Kroft, McDermott, Will & Emery, Los Angeles, California, Fredric C. Tausend, Hugh F. Bangasser, Ramona M. Emerson, Preston Gates & Ellis, Seattle, Washington, for defendant-appellant-cross-appellee.

J. Thomas Richardson, Cairncross & Hempelmann, Seattle, Washington, for defendant-cross-appellee.

Before: WRIGHT, PREGERSON and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


Opinion by Judge WRIGHT; Dissent by Judge PREGERSON.

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

In this complex antitrust case we must decide, among other issues, whether the district court erred in submitting to the jury the plaintiffs' Clayton Act § 3 exclusive dealing and other state law claims.

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