United States of America Ex Rel., Harold R. Fine v. Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc. And Williams Brothers Engineering Company, United States of America Ex Rel., Harold R. Fine v. The University of California, and the Board of Regents of the University of California

39 F.3d 957 63 USLW 2306 , 10 IER Cases 11 UNITED STATES of America ex rel., Plaintiff, Harold R. FINE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHEVRON, U.S.A., INC.; Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc.; and Williams Brothers Engineering Company, Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America ex rel., Plaintiff, Harold R. FINE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, and The Board of Regents of the University of California, Defendants-Appellees. Nos. 93-15012, 93-15728. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 16, 1994. Decided Nov. 2, 1994. Stuart M. Nelkin, Nelkin & Nelkin, Houston, TX, Alan B. Exelrod, San Francisco, CA, for Fine, plaintiff-appellant. Alson R. Kemp, Jr., and Michael F. Labianca, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, CA, for Chevron, U.S.A., Inc., defendant-appellee. Scott L. Gardner, Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, San Francisco, CA, for Bechtel Petroleum Operations, Inc., defendant-appellee. Weyman I. Lundquist and Stephanie M. Hinds, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, CA, for Williams Bros. Engineering Co., defendant-appellee. John B. Clark, William D. Hunter, and Patrick J. Martell, Pettit…