UNITED STATES v. EMPIRE GAS CORP.

No. 8-3.

547 F.2d 1147 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America et al., Petitioners-Appellees, v. EMPIRE GAS CORPORATION et al., Respondents-Appellants.

Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals.

Decided December 8, 1976.

Certiorari Denied March 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald H. Loudon, Morris, Larson, King, Stamper & Bold, Kansas City, Mo., with whom Harry A. Morris and Steven G. Emerson, Kansas City, Mo., were on brief for respondents-appellants; Gibbs, Roper, Loots & Williams, Milwaukee, Wis., of counsel, on brief.

Barrie L. Goldstein, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Stanley D. Rose, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief for petitioners-appellees.

Before CHRISTENSEN, INGRAHAM and ESTES, Judges.


Certiorari Denied March 7, 1977. See 97 S.Ct. 1326.

ESTES, Judge.

This is an appeal from an August 9, 1976 order of the District Court for the Western District of Missouri enforcing 61 subpoenas issued by the Federal Energy Administration (FEA) to a retail marketer of propane, Empire Gas Corporation (Empire), and 60 of its subsidiaries (appellants). Empire and its approximately 300 subsidiaries are subject to FEA's Mandatory Petroleum Allocation and Price...

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