Wilshire Westwood Associates v. Atlantic Richfield Corporation

881 F.2d 801 30 ERC 1065 , 58 USLW 2123 , 19 Envtl. L. Rep. 21,313 WILSHIRE WESTWOOD ASSOCIATES; Platt Development Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CORPORATION; Peter J. Ruddock; John Crawford; Thomas Crawford; and Does 1 through 20, Defendants-Appellees. No. 88-5708. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 9, 1988. Decided Aug. 7, 1989. 1 Rene P. Tatro, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. 2 Patrick W. Dennis, Los Angeles, Cal., for Atlantic Richfield. 3 T. Emmet Thornton, Los Angeles, Cal., for Peter Ruddock. 4 Gary R. Ricks, Santa Barbara, Cal., for John Crawford, defendants-appellees. 5 M. Alice Thurston, Washington, D.C., for amicus U.S. 6 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. 7 Before REINHARDT and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges, and COYLE, District Judge. * COYLE, District Judge: 8 Wilshire Westwood Associates and Platt Development Company appeal the district court's dismissal pursuant to F.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) of their complaint against Atlantic Richfield Corporation, Peter J. Ruddock, John Crawford and Thomas Crawford. The district court concluded that the petroleum…