Southern Union Company, a Delaware Corporation v. Southwest Gas Corporation, a California Corporation Oneok Inc., an Oklahoma Corporation Michael Maffie Thomas Hartley Gene Dubay Thomas Sheets John Gaberino Jack D. Rose Edward Zub Larry W. Brummett, and James M. Irvin, Southern Union Company, a Delaware Corporation v. Southwest Gas Corporation, a California Corporation Oneok Inc., an Oklahoma Corporation Michael Maffie Thomas Hartley Gene Dubay Thomas Sheets John Gaberino Jack D. Rose Edward Zub Larry W. Brummett, and James M. Irvin

415 F.3d 1001 SOUTHERN UNION COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SOUTHWEST GAS CORPORATION, a California corporation; Oneok Inc., an Oklahoma corporation; Michael Maffie; Thomas Hartley; Gene Dubay; Thomas Sheets; John Gaberino; Jack D. Rose; Edward Zub; Larry W. Brummett, Defendants, and James M. Irvin, Defendant-Appellant. Southern Union Company, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Southwest Gas Corporation, a California corporation; Oneok Inc., an Oklahoma corporation; Michael Maffie; Thomas Hartley; Gene Dubay; Thomas Sheets; John Gaberino; Jack D. Rose; Edward Zub; Larry W. Brummett, Defendants, and James M. Irvin, Defendant-Appellee. No. 03-16649. No. 03-16729. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 10, 2005. Filed July 13, 2005. Tom Q. Ferguson, Tulsa, OK, for plaintiff-appellee-appellant Southern Union Company. Barry Richard, Tallahassee, Florida, Elliot H. Scherker, Miami, FL, E. Jeffrey Walsh and Robert A. Mandel, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Phoenix, AZ, and Julissa Rodriguez, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, FL, for defendant-appellant-appellee James M. Irvin. Appeal from the United States District Court for…