California Cng, Inc. v. Southern California Gas Company

96 F.3d 1193 1996-2 Trade Cases P 71,565 , Util. L. Rep. P 14,126 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6990 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 11 ,521 CALIFORNIA CNG, INC., a California corporation; California CNG, a California general partnership; Prime of California, Inc., a California corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY, a California corporation; Henderson Engineering Company, an Illinois corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 95-55806. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 8, 1996. Decided Sept. 19, 1996. As Amended Jan. 30, 1997. Jonathan M. Gordon, McClintock, Weston, Benshoof, Rochefort, Rubalcava & MacCuish, Los Angeles, California, for plaintiffs-appellants. Henry C. Thumann, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellee Southern California Gas Company. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, J. Spencer Letts, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-95-00281-JSL. Before FLETCHER and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, * Judge, United States Court of International Trade. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 California CNG, Inc. and Prime of California, Inc.,…