CITY OF LONG BEACH v. STANDARD OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA

Nos. 86-5859, 86-5860.

872 F.2d 1401 (1989)

CITY OF LONG BEACH, as trustee for the State of California, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA; Texaco, Incorporated; Exxon Corporation; Union Oil Company of California; Mobil Oil Corporation; Shell Oil Company, Defendants-Appellees. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, on behalf of itself and all political subdivisions and special districts within the state similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STANDARD OIL CO., et al., Defendants-Appellees. CITY OF LONG BEACH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STANDARD OIL CO., et al., Defendants-Appellees. In re: COORDINATED PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS IN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION — MDL 150.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shirley M. Hufstedler, Hufstedler, Miller, Carlson & Beardsley; Royce H. Schulz and Gary L. Halling, Broad, Schulz, Larson & Wineberg, Gary W. Hoecker and M. Brian McMahon, Hoecker, McMahon & Wade, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants City of Long Beach and State of Cal.

John R. Calhoun, City Atty., and James N. McCabe, Deputy City Atty., City of Long Beach, Long Beach, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant City of Long Beach.

John K. Van de Kamp, Atty. Gen., Sanford N. Gruskin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richard N. Light, Deputy Atty. Gen., State of Cal., for plaintiff-appellant State of Cal.

Andrew J. Kilcarr and Maureen O'Bryon, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D.C., Charles F. Rice, New York City, for the defendant-appellee Mobil Oil Corp.

Anthony P. Brown, Philip L. Judson, Paul R. Griffin, and Craig E. Stewart, Phillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee Chevron Corp.

Philip K. Verleger and David A. Destino, McCutchen, Black, Berleger & Shea, Los Angeles, Cal., Kenneth P. Fountain, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellee Exxon Corp.

John S. Kingdon and Alan M. Grimaldi, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D.C., Raymond V. McCord, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee Shell Oil Co.

Milton J. Schubin, Barry Willner and Aton Arbisser, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, Robert D. Wilson, White Plains, N.Y., for defendant-appellee Texaco, Inc.

Darryl Snider, Henry J. Kupperman, Scott J. Koepke and Michael W. Biren, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, and Harold E. Zohner, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee Union Oil Co.

Before SCHROEDER, FARRIS and POOLE, Circuit Judges.


FARRIS, Circuit Judge:

The City of Long Beach and the State of California appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment to the defendants, six major California oil companies.1 The city charged the companies with conspiring to depress the posted price of crude oil in violation of federal and state antitrust laws.2 The record satisfies us that the plaintiffs presented sufficient evidence to establish...

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