HUNT v. MOBIL OIL CORP.

No. 75 Civ. 1160.

583 F.Supp. 1092 (1984)

Nelson Bunker HUNT, W. Herbert Hunt, and Lamar Hunt, Plaintiffs, v. MOBIL OIL CORPORATION, Texaco, Inc., Standard Oil Company of California, The British Petroleum Company, Ltd., The Shell Petroleum Company, Ltd., Exxon Corporation, Gulf Oil Corporation, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

April 24, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce A. Hecker, Remy Joseph Ferraro, Shea & Gould, New York City, for defendant The British Petroleum Co. Ltd.

A. Randall Friday, Mark A. Brand, Houston, Tex., for defendant Gulf Oil Corp.

Edward F. Howrey, P.C., A. Duncan Whitaker, P.C., Mark D. Wegener, David C. Eddy, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D.C., N.E. Maryan, Jr., New York City, for defendant Mobil Oil Corp.

John R. Hupper, Douglas D. Broadwater, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Thomas J. Sweeney, III, Davis, Markel, Dwyer & Edwards, Gordon B. Spivack, David H. Marks, Carolyn T. Ellis, Lord, Day & Lord, New York City, Thomas E. Haven, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant Standard Oil Co. of California.

Charles F. Kazlauskas, Jr., Lawrence R. Jerz, Elizabeth P. Smith, White Plains, N.Y., Milton J. Schubin, Randolph S. Sherman, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, for defendant Texaco Inc.

Louis Nizer, Robert R. Salman, Janet P. Kane, Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon, New York City, for defendant Occidental Petroleum Corp.

Robert M. Osgood, Sullivan & Cromwell, Albert P. Lindemann, Jr., Exxon Corporation, New York City, for defendant Exxon Corp.

Jeremiah S. Gutman, Eugene N. Harley, Levy, Gutman, Goldberg & Kaplan, New York City, Philip J. Hirschkop, Lewis H. Goldfarb, Hirschkop & Grad, Alexandria, Va., for plaintiffs.


OPINION

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

In its ruling entered upon its opinion dated February 15, 1983, this Court, among other matters, held that under an exception to the Federal Anti-Injunction Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2283, it was empowered to enjoin an action commenced by the Hunts in the New York State Supreme Court in order to effectuate any judgment with respect to a pending arbitration.1 The Court enjoined

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