Legal Opinion
Occidental Petroleum Corporation and Occidental of Umm Al Qaywayn, Inc. v. Buttes Gas & Oil Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 23, 1972No. 71-1984PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellants filed a private antitrust action against Buttes Gas & Oil Company, Clayco Petroleum Corporation and certain officers of Buttes and Clayco.
The district court dismissed the action as to Clayco and its officer, 331 F.Supp. 92 (1971) and no appeal has been brought from that dismissal.
Buttes urged five substantive grounds for dismissal. The district court, in an extensive and well-researched opinion, rejected all but one — the act of state doctrine. Id. Appellants now urge that the order dismissing the complaint should be reversed.
The dismissal was correct. We affirm for the reasons…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking UnlimitedSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- First National City Bank v. Banco Nacional De CubaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Occidental Petroleum Corp. v. Buttes Gas & Oil Co.District Court, C.D. California · 1971
3Cited by24 opinions
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- Timberlane Lumber Co. v. Bank of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- Mannington Mills, Inc. v. Congoleum CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- Coastal States Marketing, Inc. And Valero Energy Corporation, Cross-Appellees v. Nelson Bunker Hunt, Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Loftin & Woodard, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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