IN RE TEXAS CO.

Misc. No. 346.

201 F.2d 177 (1952)

In re TEXAS CO. et al. CALIFORNIA TEXAS OIL CO. et al. v. KIRKLAND et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 21, 1952.

Writ of Certiorari Denied December 15, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George S. Leisure, of the Bar of the Court of Appeals of New York, New York City, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Breck P. McAllister, New York City, was on the brief, for petitioner Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc.

S. A. L. Morgan, of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Texas, Amarillo, Tex., pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom John J. Wilson, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for petitioner Texas Co.

Leo T. Kissam, New York City, with whom Lloyd N. Cutler, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for petitioner California Texas Oil Co.

John T. Cahill, of the Bar of the Court of Appeals of New York, New York City, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom John F. Sonnett, New York City, was on the brief, for petitioner Standard Oil Co. of California.

B. Howell Hill, Jr., New York City, was on the brief for petitioner Arabian American Oil Co.

Leonard J. Emmerglick, Sp.Asst. to Atty. Gen., for respondents.

Before EDGERTON, PRETTYMAN and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.


Writ of Certiorari Denied December 15, 1952. See 73 S.Ct. 283.

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

We state briefly, without elaboration, the considerations which underlie our ruling.

This matter is before us upon a petition for writ of mandamus. The District Court declined to discharge the grand jury or to transfer the case to the Southern District of New York. Petitioners ask that we compel one or the other of those two steps. Matters either within...

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