Tim Hamilton, Clifford Houser, Bobby Martin, Dennis Trulock, Pat Waters, the Lane Group, Inc. v. Union Oil Company of California, Dba Unocal

944 F.2d 908 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Tim HAMILTON, Clifford Houser, Bobby Martin, Dennis Trulock, Pat Waters, the Lane Group, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, dba Unocal, Defendant-Appellant. No. 90-35426. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 5, 1991. Decided Sept. 17, 1991. Before EUGENE A. WRIGHT, FARRIS and DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * INTRODUCTION 2 Union Oil Company of California (Unocal) appeals the application of collateral estoppel to a judgment vacated pursuant to settlement. Unocal first contends the judgment lost its preclusive effect upon vacatur. In the alternative, Unocal contends the district court abused its discretion by applying collateral estoppel from the vacated judgment. We affirm. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS 3 In the first action, Amos v. Union Oil Co., 663 Fed.Supp. 1027 (D.Or.1987), forty-five Unocal oil dealers sued Unocal for fraud and breach…