Canadian American Oil Co. v. Union Oil Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ORRICK, District Judge.

This action calls upon the Court to consider the limitations on its jurisdiction under the federal antitrust laws. Plaintiffs, the partnership of Canadian American Oil Company and Fred Tautenhan, were former dealers of Union Oil Company of California (Union) gasoline. They ¿liege that defendant has enforced and conspired to enforce a resale price maintenance scheme in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. § 1) (the Act). Plaintiffs further allege that Union has utilized this price maintenance program in an attempt to monopolize…