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SOUTHERN UNION CO. v. SOUTHWEST GAS CORP.

Nos. 03-16649, 03-16729.

415 F.3d 1001 (2005)

SOUTHERN UNION COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SOUTHWEST GAS CORPORATION, a California corporation; Oneok Inc., an Oklahoma corporation; Michael Maffie; Thomas Hartley; Gene Dubay; Thomas Sheets; John Gaberino; Jack D. Rose; Edward Zub; Larry W. Brummett, Defendants, and James M. Irvin, Defendant-Appellant. Southern Union Company, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Southwest Gas Corporation, a California corporation; Oneok Inc., an Oklahoma corporation; Michael Maffie; Thomas Hartley; Gene Dubay; Thomas Sheets; John Gaberino; Jack D. Rose; Edward Zub; Larry W. Brummett, Defendants, and James M. Irvin, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 13, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Q. Ferguson, Tulsa, OK, for plaintiff-appellee-appellant Southern Union Company.

Barry Richard, Tallahassee, Florida, Elliot H. Scherker, Miami, FL, E. Jeffrey Walsh and Robert A. Mandel, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Phoenix, AZ, and Julissa Rodriguez, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, FL, for defendant-appellant-appellee James M. Irvin.

Before REINHARDT, NOONAN, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.

NOONAN, Circuit Judge.

James M. Irvin, a citizen of Arizona, appeals the judgment of the district court in favor of Southern Union Company, a Delaware corporation, on Southern Union's claims of tortious interference with a business expectancy and tortious interference with contractual relations, as a result of which Southern Union was ultimately awarded $390,072 in compensatory damages and $60,000,000 in punitive damages. Southern Union cross-appeals the district...

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