STATE OF ALASKA v. SUBURBAN PROPANE GAS CORP.

No. 95-36269.

123 F.3d 1317 (1997)

STATE OF ALASKA, as Parents Patriae; State of Alaska; Carr-Gotstein Foods Co., A Delaware Corp.; Quicky Mart, Inc., an Alaskan Corp. Plaintiffs, v. SUBURBAN PROPANE GAS CORP., a New Jersey Corp.; Suburban Propane, Division of Quantum Chemical Corp.; Quantum Chemical Company, A Virginia Corp.; Petrolane, Inc., A California Corp.; Tesoro Alaska Petroleum Company, A Delaware Corp., Defendants-Appellees. Jose Daniel Ramos, Applicant in intervention-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Stewart, Gruenstein, Hickey, & Stewart, Anchorage, AK, for the Intervenor-Appellant.

David S. Patterson, Stephen J. Young, Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan, LLP, New York City, for defendants-appellees Suburban Propane Gas Corp., Suburban Propane and Quantum Chemical Corp.

Jay N. Varon (argued), Melinda F. Levitt, Foley & Lardner, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee Petrolane, Inc.

George A. Joseph, Terri Abruzzo, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Tesoro Alaska Petroleum Co.

Before WALLACE, John T. NOONAN, Jr. and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

OVERVIEW

A number of petroleum purchasers ("named plaintiffs") brought suit against a number of petroleum companies ("Suburban"). The district court denied class certification. The named plaintiffs continued the suit in their individual capacities and eventually settled with Suburban. After judgment was entered, Jose Daniel Ramos, a putative class member, attempted to intervene for the purpose of appealing the denial of...

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