U.S. EX REL. JOHNSON v. SHELL OIL CO.

No. CIV. A. 9:96 CV 66.

33 F.Supp.2d 528 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. J. Benjamin JOHNSON, Jr., et al. v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Lufkin Division.

January 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clayton Edward Dark, Jr., Clayton E. Dark, Jr., Attorney, Lufkin, Thomas Walter Umphrey, Michael A Havard, Provost & Umphrey, Beaumont, Rayford Lee Etherton, Jr., Etherton Smith, John Michael Fincher, Mobile, AL, Reuben A. Guttman, Provost & Umphrey, Washington, DC, Scott A. Powell, Don McKenna, Hare Wynn Newell & Newton, Birmingham, AL, James Burdette Helmer, Jr., Helmer Lugbill Martin & Morgan Co, Cincinnati, OH, for J. Benjamin Johnson, Jr., John M. Martineck.

Claude Edward Welch, John Wesley Tunnell, Law Offices of Claude E Welch, Lufkin, TX, Harold Wayne Nix, Nix Law Firm, Daingerfield, TX, Michael Bryan Angelovich, The Nix Law Firm, San Antonio, TX, for Harrold E. "Gene" Wright.

Carl A. Parker, Parker Parks & Rosenthal, Port Arthur, TX, Wayne A. Reaud, Reaud Morgan & Quinn, Beaumont, Daniel William Packard, Packard & Packard, Beaumont, TX, Von G. Packard, Packard Packard & Johnson, Palo Alto, CA, Lon D. Packard, Packard Packard & Johnson, Salt Lake City, UT, for Leonard Brock, Danielle Brian, Project on Government Oversight.

Olen Kenneth Dodd, AUSA, U.S. Attorney's Office, John Michael Bradford, U.S. Attorney, Beaumont, Robert J. McAulisse, U.S. Department of Justice, Dodge Wells, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for United States of America.

George Edward Pickle, Jr., Ann Spiegel, Shell Oil Co. Legal Department, Houston, L. Poe Leggette, Fulbright & Jaworski, Washington, DC, James Stephen Roper, Zeleskey Cornelius Hallmark Roper & Hicks, Lufkin, Daniel M. McClure, Richard N. Carrell, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, Brian C. Elmer, Thomas P. Humphrey, Crowell & Moring L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Shell Oil Co., Shell Deepwater Production, Inc., Shell Offshore Ventures, Inc., Shell Oil Products Co., Shell Western Exploration & Production, Inc., Shell Exploration and Production, Inc., Shell Consolidated Energy Resources, Inc., Shell Frontier Oil & Gas, Inc., Shell Land & Energy Co., Shell Offshore Inc.

Thomas T. Hutcheson, Locke Liddell & Sapp, Michael Lee Homeyer, Amoco Corp., Houston, TX, Kenzy Donovan Hallmark, Zeleskey Cornelius Hallmark Roper & Hicks, Lufkin, TX, Frank Cicero, Jr., Steven Craig Coberly, David J. Zott, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, William John Noble, Amoco Corporation, Chicago, IL, for Amoco Co., Amoco Oil Co., Amoco Production Co., Amoco Supply & Trading Co., Amoco Pipeline Co., Amoco Petroleum Products.

Russell Dwight Howell, Conoco Inc., Houston, TX, James Stephen Roper, Zeleskey Cornelius Hallmark Roper & Hicks, Lufkin, TX, Daniel M. McClure, Richard N. Carrell, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, George J. Terwilliger, III, McGuire Woods Battle & Boothe L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Conoco, Inc.

Thomas H. Owen, Jr., Burlington Resources Inc., Houston, TX, Taylor Mayo Hicks, Hicks Thomas & Lilienstern, Houston, TX, John T. Boese, Anthony S. Yoo, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, Washington, DC, for Burlington Resources, Inc.

Randall M. Ebner, Exxon Company USA, Houston, TX, Shannon H. Ratliff, McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore, Austin, TX, for Exxon Corp.

Michael Paul Graham, Baker & Botts, Houston, TX, Russell Dwight Howell, Conoco, Inc., Legal Dept., Houston, TX, James Stephen Roper, Zeleskey Corelius Hallmark roper & Hicks, Lufkin, TX, Daniel M. McClure, Richard N. Carrell, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, George J. Terwilliger, III., J. William Boland, Darryl S. Lew, McGuire Woods Battle & Boothe L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Chevron Corp., Chervron, USA, Inc., Chevron Oil Co., Cheveron USA Production Co., Chevron Products Co., Chevron Oil Trading Co., Inc.

Jefferson Gregory Copeland, Rufus W. Oliver, III, Baker & Botts, Houston, TX, Robert J. Pickens, Marathron Oil Company, Houston, TX, for Marathon Oil Co., Marathon Oil-Refining Transp. & Marketing, Marathon Petroleum Co.

John Harrell Feldt, Andrew McCollam, Richard H. Page, III, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, James Allen Drexler, UNOCAL, Sugarland, TX, for Union Oil Co. of California, Unocal Corp., Unocal Exploration Corp.

Ronald Earl Cook, Cook & Roach, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Howard J Nichols, Squire Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, OH, for BP America, Inc. BP Chemical Inc., BP Exploration & Oil Inc., BP North American Petroleum Inc., BP Oil Co., BP Exploration Inc., BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., BP Oil Supply Co.

Richard W. Beckler, Fulbright & Jaworski, Washington, DC, James Stephen Roper, Zeleskey Cornelius Hallmark Roper & Hicks, Lufkin, TX, Eric Anthony Allen, Phillips Petroleum Corp, Bartlesville, OK, Daniel M. McClure, Richard N. Carrell, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, for Phillips Petroleum Co., Phillips 66 Co., Phillips Oil Co., Kerr-McGee Corp., Kerr-McGee Oil Industries Inc., Kerr-McGee Petroleum Exploration and Production, Kerr-McGee Petroleum Exploration & Production Co., Kerr-McGee Refining Corp.

Tyler Alexander Baker, Fletcher L. Yarbrough, Kenneth E. Carroll, Carrington Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Linda A. Allen, Pennzoil Exploration and Production Co., Houston, John McDonald, Jackson & Kelly, Washington, DC, for Pennzoil Co., Pennzoil Exploration and Production Co., Pennzoil Petroleum Co., Pennzoil Producing Co., Pennzoil United Inc., Pennzoil Products Co., Pennzoil Louisiana and Texas Offshore Inc.

William Raymond Stoughton, Kristen Garvey Schulz, McKenna & Cuneo, Dallas, TX, Taylor Mayo Hicks, Hicks, Thomas & Lilienstern, Houston, TX, Mark R. Troy, McKenna & Cuneo, Los Angeles, CA, Becky McGee, Oryx Energy Company, Dallas, TX, for Oryx Energy Co., Oryx Crude Trading and Transp. Inc.

Max Hendrick, III, James Daniel Thompson, III, Susan Schmidt Pie, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, Claudia Wilson Frost, Baker & Botts, Houston, TX, Oliver S. Howard, M. Benjamin Singletary, Gable Gotwals Mock Schwabe Kihle Gaberino, Tulsa, OK, Peter J. Levin, Pierson Semmes and Bemis, Washington, DC, for Sun Co., Inc.

Claudia Wilson Frost, Baker & Botts, Houston, TX, Oliver S. Howard, M. Benjamin Singletary, Gable Gotwals Mock Schwabe Kihle Gaberino, Tulsa, OK, Peter J. Levin, Pierson Semmes and Bemis, Washington, DC, for Oxy USA, Inc., Oxy Petrochemicals Inc.

David Richard Woodward, Larry William Johnson, Robert G. Buchanan, Jr., Cowles & Thompson, Dallas, TX, for Canadianoxy Offshore Production Co.

George Edmond Chandler, Chandler Law Offices, Lufkin, TX, Raymond Doak Bishop, Weston C. Loegering, MaryAnn Joerres, Hughes & Luce, Dallas, TX, Darrin M. Walker, Chandler Law Offices, Lufkin, TX, Regina Cooper Himelfarb, Fort Worth, TX, for Union Pacific Corp., Union Pacific Fuels, Inc., Union Pacific Resources Co., Union Pacific Austin Chalk Co., Union Pacific Resources Group Co., Union Pacific Oil and Gas Co.

Roger Neil Moss, Lufkin, TX, Karen L. Manos, Alan M. Grimaldi, Charles J. Engel, III, Kristen S. Scammon, Howrey & Simon, Washington, DC, Bob F. Wright, Domengeaux Wright & Roy, Lafayette, LA, Michael Van Ardoin, Robert K. Hammack, Lafayette, LA, for Texas Inc., Texaco Exploration & Production Inc., Texaco Trading & Transp., Inc., Texaco Oil Trading & Supply Co., Texaco Producing Inc., Texaco Refining & Marketing, Inc., Four Star Oil and Gas Co.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HANNAH, District Judge.

Before the Court is the Defendants'1 Rule 12(b)(1) Motion and Memorandum to Dismiss Relators' Claims for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. § 3730(e)(4)(a) (Doc. # 302). Defendants assert that the Court lacks jurisdiction over Relators' qui tam action because the action is "based on the public disclosure of allegations or transactions" and...

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