Legal Opinion
Bates v. Union Oil Co. of California
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 20, 1991No. 90-35199PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
INTRODUCTION
DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:
Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) lost a lawsuit filed against it by a number of its retail dealers in the United States District Court in Oregon. While Unocal’s appeal was pending, it settled the case. To fulfill a condition of the settlement, the judgment in the district court was vacated.
Other Unocal dealers then sued Unocal in the United States District Court in Oregon alleging some of the same claims as those litigated in the first lawsuit. The district court applied collateral estoppel to resolve issues of liability and punitive…
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