Little Oil Company, Inc. v. Atlantic Richfield Company

852 F.2d 441 26 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 12 LITTLE OIL COMPANY, INC., a Calif. corp.; Haber Oil Products, Inc., a Calif. corporation, d/b/a Ed Haber & Sons Petroleum, Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants- Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, a Penn. corp., Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant. Nos. 87-6114, 87-6166 and 87-6456. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 4, 1988. Decided July 19, 1988. David Laufer, Lloyd K. Chapman, David Gurnick, Kindel & Anderson, Woodland Hills, Cal., for plaintiffs-counter-defendants-appellants/cross-appellees. Donald G. Smaltz, Robert B. Miller, Robert L. Hess, and Leighton M. Anderson, Miller, Lewis & Bockius and Paul J. Richmond, Atlantic Richfield Co., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-counter-claimant-appellee/cross-appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before GOODWIN, Chief Judge, and FLETCHER and FARRIS, Circuit Judges. FARRIS, Circuit Judge: 1 Little Oil Company, Inc. and Haber Oil Products were both franchise gasoline distributors for the Atlantic Richfield Company. In 1981 Little and Haber accepted new multi-year…