United States Ninth Circuit

Five-year assignments of natural gas transportation rights were not unreasonable agreements under section 1 of the Sherman Act, and plaintiff failed to show existence of a per se illegal "tying" arrangement.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/07/2003
• Decided 05/13/2003
• Published 05/13/2003

Judges

• Before:  REINHARDT, W. FLETCHER, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas P. McMahon, Powers Phillips;  Richard L. Fanyo, Dufford & Brown, Denver, CO;  Michael J. Uda, Doney Crowley Bloomquist & Uda, Helena, MT, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nick S. Verwolf and Alan S. Middleton, Davis Wright Tremaine, Seattle, WA, for the defendants-appellees.