Irvin

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SOUTHERN UNION COMPANY,  No. 06-17347 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. CV-99-01294-ROS

JAMES M. IRVIN, ORDER

Defendant-Appellant. AMENDING

ORDER OF

 NOVEMBER 7, 2008, AND

DENYING

PETITION FOR

REHEARING EN

BANC AND

AMENDED

 ORDER

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Roslyn O. Silver, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted November 26, 2007*

Filed November 7, 2008 Amended March 27, 2009

Before: Stephen Reinhardt, John T. Noonan, and Ferdinand F. Fernandez, Circuit Judges.

Order; Concurrence by Judge Reinhardt; Dissent by Judge Noonan

*The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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COUNSEL

Robert A. Mandel, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Phoenix, Ari- zona, for the defendant-appellant.

Tom Q. Ferguson, Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, L.L.P., Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the plaintiff-appellee.

ORDER

Upon further consideration,1…