UNITED STATES v. STANDARD OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA


155 F.Supp. 121 (1957)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, The Texas Company, Bahrein Petroleum Company, Ltd., California-Texas Oil Company, Ltd., Caltex Oceanic, Ltd., and Mideast Crude Sales Company, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

July 17, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Brownell, Jr., Atty. Gen., by Milo V. Olson, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., and John Tretheway and Morton Namrow, Trial Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the U. S.

Cahill, Gordon, Reindel & Ohl, New York City, John T. Cahill, Milton R. Wessel, and William J. Quinlan, New York City, David R. Hyde, New York City, of counsel, for defendant Standard Oil Co. of California.

Webster, Sheffield & Chrystie, New York City, and Bethuel M. Webster, Frederick P. Haas, Oscar John Dorwin, Robert G. Sprague, Edward L. Rea, Donald J. Cohn, New York City, of counsel, for defendant Texas Co.

Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, New York City, Joseph M. Proskauer, George M. Shapiro and Albert E. VanDusen, New York City, Marvin E. Frankel, Washington, D. C., Julius J. Teller, New York City, Norman P. Schoenfeld, New York City, of counsel, for defendants Bahrein Petroleum Co., Ltd., California-Texas Oil Co., Ltd., Caltex Oceanic, Ltd., and Mid-East Crude Sales Co.


THOMAS F. MURPHY, District Judge.

By this action the Government seeks recovery of some sixty-six million dollars, the amount the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA) and its successor, the Mutual Security Agency (MSA) expended to finance European purchases of Saudi Arabian crude oil supplied by two of the defendants during the period September 1, 1950 to August 31, 1952.

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