Rebel Oil Company, Inc. v. Atlantic Richfield Company

51 F.3d 1421 1995-1 Trade Cases P 70,952 REBEL OIL COMPANY, INC., a Nevada corporation; Auto Flite Oil Company, Inc., a Nevada corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, a Pennsylvania corporation, Defendant-Appellee. No. 92-16932. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 16, 1993. Decided April 7, 1995. William H. Bode, William H. Bode & Associates, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs-appellants. Donald C. Smaltz, Leighton M. Anderson, Christopher H. Benbow, Emily A. Breckenridge, Smaltz & Anderson, Los Angeles, CA, Thomas F. Kummer, Vargas & Bartlett, Las Vegas, NV, Paul J. Richmond, Atlantic Richfield Co., Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Before: POOLE, BEEZER and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. BEEZER, Circuit Judge: 1 This case presents three antitrust claims arising from the defendant's conduct in the retail gasoline market in Las Vegas, Nevada. The plaintiffs contend that the defendant engaged in predatory pricing between 1985 and 1989, selling self-serve, cash-only gasoline below marginal cost. The plaintiffs claim that the alleged…