Legal Opinion
Kern Oil & Refining Co., Plaintiff/counter-Defendant/appellee v. Tenneco Oil Company, Defendant/counter-Claimant/appellant
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 7, 1988No. 86-6674, 87-5743PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEED, Circuit Judge:
Tenneco Oil Company appeals from a district court judgment awarding $32 million in damages, interest, and attorneys’ fees to Kern Oil & Refining Company for Tenneco’s breach of contract and fraud. We affirm.
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FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW
Kern Oil & Refining Company (Kern) is a crude oil refiner whose refinery is located in Bakersfield, California. Kern has no crude oil production of its own and therefore must acquire from others the crude it runs through its refinery. Tenneco Oil Company (Tenneco) is an “integrated” oil company with crude production in California and…
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