Cities Service Co. v. Gulf Oil Corp.

¶ 1 The threshold and determinative issue in this cause is whether under the facts and circumstances, particular to this case, the appellants have standing to challenge a trial judge’s bench rulings which [by way of sanction] limited their participation in proceedings then pending before her court. For reasons delineated below, we determine that Richard Funk and John T. Schmidt [lawyers or appellants] do lack standing and dismiss their appeal with prejudice to renewal.

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FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶ 2 Appellants represent Gulf Oil Corporation, now Chevron USA, Inc. [Gulf *547Oil], a defendant…