ABRAHIM & SONS ENTERPRISES v. EQUILON ENTERPRISES

No. 00-56653.

292 F.3d 958 (2002)

ABRAHIM & SONS ENTERPRISES, a California corporation; Ricmar Inc, a California corporation; Anan Bisharat, an individual; Tony Calafato, an individual; Ebco Oil Inc., a California corporation; Roshan Gupta, an individual; Carroll Hansen, an individual dba Bell Air Shell; Thomas A. Krantz, an individual; Rick-Mik Enterprises Inc., a California corporation; O K Services Inc., a California corporation; C&J Fueling Services, Inc., a California corporation; Michael J. Noble, an individual; Mehran Kevin Shilyan, an individual; Slater Auto Care, a California corporation; Craig Walton, a general partnership; Orange County Oil Company, a California corporation; Amina Oil Company, a California corporation; David Q. Helm, an individual; Patrick Bellamy, dba Sunny Oaks Shell; Plaza Shell Inc., a California corporation; David Moreno, an individual; James Trabbie, an individual; Sand L Oil JV, a joint venture; Harjinder Singh Sandha, an individual; Faten Ibarra, a general partnership with Hani Maksimous; Paul Enstad, an individual; Ramzy Hanna, an individual; Jerrard Inc.; Parshotam Kalyanbhai Badreshia, an individual aka PK Babreshia; Seyed Reza Hedayat, an individual; Seyed Jalal Karimi, an individual; Tom Lerdsuwanrut, an individual; Morteza A. Ahangar, an individual; Lucky Oil Company Inc., a California corporation; Boyce E. Walton, an individual; Boyce E. Walton and Craig Walton, a general partnership; William Bill Reed and Carol Reed, a general partnership; Douglas B. Keith and Trudy Keith, a general partnership; John Anderson and Sharon Anderson, a general partnership; Nick Diliddo and Frank Diliddo, a general partnership; Hani Maksimous and Faten Ibarra, a general partnership; Vivian Maksimous and Hani Maksimous, a general partnership; Sean Arrinkouh and Farshid Fadakar, a general partnership; Abdolkhalegh Nassiri and Marzieh Massiri, a general partnership dba A and M Nassiri; Archie Burton and Rae Burton, a general partnership, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. EQUILON ENTERPRISES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability corporation; Shell Oil Company, a Delaware corporation; Shell Oil Products Company, a Delaware corporation; Texaco Inc, a Delaware corporation; Texaco Refining and Marketing, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Does, Does 1 through 50 inclusive, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 4, 2002.

Order Filed June 7, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy J. Gilbert, Carroll Gilbert and Bachor, Brea, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

James Severance, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, CA, for defendants-appellees.

Before PREGERSON, RYMER, and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges.


ORDER

T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

The request to publish the unpublished Memorandum disposition is GRANTED. The Memorandum disposition filed April 4, 2002, is redesignated as an authored Opinion by Judge T.G. Nelson.

OPINION

Appellants, a group of independent dealers who operate gas stations leased from Shell or Texaco, allege that the oil companies violated California law by transferring the gas stations to a limited liability company...

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