Lewis v. Younger

653 F.2d 1258 1980-81 Trade Cases 63,589 Howard H. LEWIS and Atlantic Richfield Company, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Evelle J. YOUNGER, Warren J. Abbott, Robert H. O'Brien, Gary M. James, H. Chester Horn, Jr., Michael I. Spiegel, Linda L. Tedeschi, Patricia Cutler, Richard N. Light, William S. Clark, L. Naomi Wilkes, Elliott Melnick, Ken Ilchene, Carol Gerber, and Virginia Spielberg, Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 77-3834, 77-3843, 78-2509 and 78-2699. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 5, 1979. Decided Oct. 17, 1980. As Amended Dec. 17, 1980. Rehearings Denied May 5, 1981. John A. Donovan, Otis Pratt Pearsall, New York City, argued for Lewis et al.; Norbert A. Schlei, Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief. Linda L. Tedeschi, San Francisco, Cal., for Younger. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before WALLACE and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and CRAIG, * District judge. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge: 1 This appeal is from a judgment of the District Court for the Central District of California granting appellees, the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), and its corporate secretary, Lewis, a…