Hasbrouck v. Texaco

879 F.2d 632 58 USLW 2084 , 1989-2 Trade Cases 68,661 Ricky HASBROUCK, d/b/a Rick's Texaco, Albert E. Allen, John W. Bevan, Alva N. Blue, Vincent Lies, Henry Rigg, Ricky A. Rigg, Molly Robinson, Gene C. Robinson, James O. Sills, Ralph O. Webber, and Harold Hardwick, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. TEXACO, INC., Defendant-Appellant. No. 86-3833. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued July 11, 1988. Submitted Oct. 12, 1988. Decided July 10, 1989. Mark D. Litvack, Texaco, Inc., White Plains, N.Y., and William Fremming Nielsen, Paine, Hamblen, Coffin Brooke & Miller, Spokane, Wash., for defendant-appellant. Lucinda Whaley and Robert H. Whaley, Winston & Cashatt, Spokane, Wash., and John S. Ebel, Culp, Guterson & Grader, Seattle, Washington, for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Before POOLE, CANBY and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. LEAVY, Circuit Judge: OVERVIEW This appeal is from an order granting attorney's fees of $1,713,191 and costs of $173,111 in an antitrust action that has spanned ten years, required two jury trials and an appellate decision, 1 and involved a petition for certiorari to the…