Zidell Explorations, Inc. v. Conval International, Limited

719 F.2d 1465 1983-2 Trade Cases 65,706 , 37 UCC Rep.Serv. 466 ZIDELL EXPLORATIONS, INC., an Oregon corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CONVAL INTERNATIONAL, LIMITED, a Delaware corporation, the Lunkenheimer Company, a Delaware corporation, Conval Corporation, a New York corporation, Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 82-3511, 82-3541. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 6, 1983. Decided Nov. 10, 1983. Charles F. Adams, Stoel, Rives, Boley, Fraser & Wyse, Portland, Or., for plaintiff-appellee. Wayne Hilliard, Craig D. Bachman, Spears, Lubersky, Campbell & Bledsoe, Portland, Or., Michael Blechman, Robert B. Bernstein, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, for defendants-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Before CHOY and CANBY, Circuit Judges, and MARQUEZ, * District Judge. CHOY, Circuit Judge: 1 This antitrust and breach of contract suit arose out of the termination by a supplier of one of its distributors. The jury found for the plaintiff distributor and the plaintiff was awarded in excess of $5 million in damages. Defendants appeal, contending that the trial court…