Legal Opinion
City of Long Beach v. Standard Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 31, 1995No. Nos. 93-55156, 93-55157, 93-55214, 93-55215 and 93-55217PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TANNER, District Judge:
The City of Long Beach and the State of California (plaintiffs) appeal from a jury verdict against them and in favor of Exxon. They take issue with four jury instructions given by the trial court and with evidentiary rulings made during the trial. Because we find that the claimed error, if any, in the formulation of the jury instructions was harmless, and because we find that the district court did not err in refusing to admit plaintiffs’ proffered evidence, we uphold the jury’s verdict in favor of Exxon and AFFIRM. Exxon cross-appeals the district court’s denial of…
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