PENNZOIL CO. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION

No. 75-2961.

534 F.2d 627 (1976)

PENNZOIL COMPANY et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent, and Consolidated Cases.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin M. Owsley, Jr., J. Gregory Copeland, Houston, Tex., for Pennzoil.

H. N. Burton, Dallas, Tex., for Atlantic Richfield Co.

Kirk W. Weinert, Houston, Tex., for Texaco, Inc.

Neal Powers, Jr., Houston, Tex., for Ecee, Inc., et al.

George C. Bond, Kenneth L. Riedman, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., for Union Oil Co. of Cal.

Charles F. Wheatley, Jr., Wheatley & Miller, Washington, D.C., for American Public Gas Ass'n.

Malcolm H. Furbush, San Francisco, Cal., for Pacific Gas & Elec. Co.

Jeron Stevens, Baker & Botts, George F. Goolsby, Houston, Tex., Bruce F. Kiely, Washington, D. C., Vernon M. Turner, Michael B. Silva, A. Duncan Gray, Jr., Houston, Tex., for Tenneco.

John C. Christian, New Orleans, La., Justin R. Wolf, Washington, D. C., James B. Atkin, San Francisco, Cal., G. Howard Dearing, New Orleans, La., for the Cal. Co., a Div. of Chevron Oil Co.

William A. Sackmann, Findlay, Ohio, Carroll L. Gilliam, Philip R. Ehrenkranz, Craig W. Hulvey, Washington, D. C., for Marathon Oil Corp.

Philip R. Ehrenkranz, Carroll L. Gilliam, Washington, D. C., Grove, Jaskiewicz, Gilliam & Cobert, Tom P. Hamill, Robert D. Haworth, Robert E. Shaw, Houston, Tex., for Mobil Oil Corp.

Tom Burton, Houston, Tex., for Continental Oil Co.

Bernard A. Foster, Nancy J. Hubbard, Washington, D. C., David M. Whitney, Houston, Tex., for Burmah Oil & Gas Co. and Burmah Oil Development, Inc.

W. B. Wagner, Jr., Pat F. Timmons, Houston, Tex., Scott P. Anger, Washington, D. C., for Superior Oil Co.

Martin N. Erck, Paul W. Wright, Houston, Tex., for Exxon Corp.

Allan Abbot Tuttle, Sol., FPC, Drexel D. Journey, Gen. Counsel, Washington, D. C., for the F.P.C.

Before THORNBERRY, COLEMAN and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

In this case, we review an order of the Federal Power Commission stating that certain information required of various off-shore natural gas producers will be made public. The producing companies object to the Commission's order contending that the information consists of trade secrets and confidential geophysical information, publication of which will significantly damage their financial interests. Since we find the Commission did not...

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