Legal Opinion
Petrol Stops Northwest, Gas-A-Tron of Arizona, and Coinoco v. United States of America, Douglas Oil Company of California, Phillips Petroleum Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 20, 1978No. 77-2305PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
Two oil companies that had entered nolo contendere pleas in criminal-antitrust cases appeal an order in related civil litigation which permits the civil plaintiffs substantial discovery of evidence collected by the government in the criminal case.
Petrol Stops and associated plaintiff companies are suing Douglas Oil, Phillips Petroleum, and other defendant oil companies in the District of Arizona for damages for alleged antitrust violations. After the damage action was filed, the United States brought the criminal antitrust charges against the same defendants in the…
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3Cited by21 opinions
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