Legal Opinion
Gas-A-Tron of Arizona and Coinoco v. Union Oil Company of California, Petrol Stops Northwest v. Continental Oil Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 29, 1976No. 74-3287, 74-3288, 74-3289 and 74-3290PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before BROWNING and HUFSTED-LER, Circuit Judges, and RENFREW, * District Judge. PER CURIAM:
The district court disqualified all lawyers in the firm of Berman and Giauque (“Berman”) from representing the plaintiffs in these private antitrust actions brought against several major oil companies, including Shell Oil Company (“Shell”) and Exxon Corporation (“Exxon”), for as long as these corporations were defendants. 1 Berman appeals. The disqualification order was based on the district court’s conclusion that disqualification of the whole firm was necessary to prevent any appearance of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,675 James M. Richardson v. Hamilton International CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Keith B. Redd, D/B/A Abajo Petroleum v. Shell Oil Company, in the Matter of Michael W. Graney, Attorney for Shell Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1975
- Chugach Electric Ass'n v. United States District CourtCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
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- 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
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- UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Julian S. H. WEINER, Marvin Al Lichtig and Solomon Block, AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
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