1996-2 Trade Cases P 71,501, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5506, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 9028 American Ad Management, Inc. O'COnnOr Agency v. Gte Corp., and General Telephone Company of California Gte Directories Publishing Corp. Gte Directories Service Corp. Gte National Marketing Service Corp. Gte Directories Sales Corp.

92 F.3d 781 1996-2 Trade Cases P 71,501 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5506, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 9028 AMERICAN AD MANAGEMENT, INC.; O'Connor Agency, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GTE CORP., Defendant, and General Telephone Company of California; GTE Directories Publishing Corp.; GTE Directories Service Corp.; GTE National Marketing Service Corp.; GTE Directories Sales Corp., Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-56207. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 4, 1996. Decided July 26, 1996. 1 Maxwell M. Blecher, Blecher & Collins, Los Angeles, California, for plaintiffs-appellants. 2 Mark L. Callister, Callister, Nebeker & McCullough, Salt Lake City, Utah, for defendants-appellees. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Lourdes G. Baird, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. Nos. CV-92-2810-LGB, CV-93-3650-LGB. 4 Before PREGERSON, T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and LYNCH, * District Judge. 5 LYNCH, District Judge. INTRODUCTION 6 Plaintiffs/appellants American Ad Management, Inc. and O'Connor Agency (collectively "American") originally filed separate complaints against defendants/appellees General Telephone Company…