In Re Coordinated Pretrial Proceedings In Petroleum Products Antitrust Litigation.

747 F.2d 1303 40 Fed.R.Serv.2d 920 , 1984-2 Trade Cases 66,293 In re COORDINATED PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS IN PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION. STATE OF WASHINGTON, on behalf of itself and its public entities and residents, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA; Texaco, Inc.; Union Oil Company of California; Atlantic Richfield Company; Exxon Corporation; Getty Oil Corporation; Gulf Oil Corporation; Mobil Oil Corporation; Phillips Petroleum Company; and Shell Oil Company, Defendants-Appellees. No. 82-6092. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 3, 1983. Decided Nov. 23, 1984. Jon P. Ferguson, John R. Ellis, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellant. Robert A. Mittelstaedt, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before KENNEDY, SKOPIL, and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge: 1 This appeal arises out of an antitrust action commenced by the State of Washington against certain oil companies on August 15, 1977. While the case was in the discovery stage, a television…