Legal Opinion
City of Long Beach v. Standard Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 13, 1981No. Nos. 80-5970 to 80-6028, 80-7669, 80-7756, 81-7013 and 81-7029PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.
The district court, on the motion of the plaintiffs, entered an order disqualifying defense counsel from representing former employees of the defendants and their present employees (other than corporate executives) in connection with discovery depositions in several consolidated multi-district antitrust cases. The defendant corporations and the employee witnesses appeal. We find that we have jurisdiction of this appeal and vacate the order of disqualification. 502 F.Supp. 1092.
I. JURISDICTION.
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2Cases cited13 opinions
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Upjohn Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. RisjordSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,745 Dean Woods, and All Other Persons Similarly Situated v. Covington County Bank, Edward Hoglund v. Covington County BankCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,017 Carl R. Duncan, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Alfred B. Freeman v. Chicago Musical Instrument Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
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- United States v. Joseph Vincent Agosto, United States of America v. Deil Otto Gustafson, United States of America v. Joan Lorrain NorrisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- In Re Coordinated Pretrial Proceedings in Petroleum Products Antitrust Litigation. The City of Long Beach, as Trustee for the State of California State of California, on Behalf of Itself and All Political Subdivisions and Special Districts Within the State Similarly Situated State of Florida, Ex Rel. Jim Smith, Attorney General State of Oregon, on Behalf of Itself, Its Residents and All Political Subdivisions Within the State Similarly Situated State of Washington, on Behalf of Itself and Its Public Entities and Residents and State of Arizona v. Standard Oil Company of California Amerada Hess Corporation Cities Services Company and Cities Service Oil Company Conoco, Inc. Getty Oil Company Gulf Oil Corporation Powerline Oil Company Standard Oil Company of Indiana and Ohio Sun Oil Company, Inc. Atlantic Richfield Company Mobil Oil Corporation Phillips Petroleum Company Exxon Corporation Shell Oil Company Texaco, Inc. And Union Oil Company of California, and Leroy K. Cheney Charles F. Temme Milford E. Tracy Clinton E. Kelley L. John Gandsey and Ralf Eckles, Third Party Deponents-Appellants. Mobil Oil Corporation Exxon Corporation Leroy K. Cheney Ralf Eckles L. John Gandsey Clinton E. Kelley Charles F. Temme Milford E. Tracy Union Oil Company of California Howard K. Said and Brobeck, Phleger and Harrison v. The United States District Court for the Central District of California, State of California, Real Parties in InterestCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
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