MOBIL OIL CORP. v. F. T. C.

No. 75 Civ. 2748 (JMC).

430 F.Supp. 855 (1977)

MOBIL OIL CORPORATION et al., Plaintiffs, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

March 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, New York City (Andrew J. Kilcarr, Washington, D. C., and Thomas R. Trowbridge, III, New York City, of counsel), and Charles F. Rice, New York City, for plaintiff Mobil Oil Corp.

Jesse P. Luton, Jr., and John E. Bailey, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff Gulf Oil Corp.

Howrey, Simon, Baker & Murchison, Washington, D. C. (J. Wallace Adair and Keith E. Pugh, Jr., Washington, D. C., of counsel), and George S. Wolbert, S. R. Vandivort, and A. M. Minotti, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff Shell Oil Co.

Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, Cal. (Turner H. McBaine, Wallace L. Kaapcke and Richard W. Odgers, San Francisco, Cal., of counsel), for plaintiff Standard Oil Co. of California.

Robert B. Fiske, Jr., U. S. Atty., for the Southern District of New York, New York City (Nathaniel L. Gerber, Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City, of counsel), for defendants.


OPINION

CANNELLA, District Judge:

Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment is granted. Defendants' motions to dismiss the complaint and, alternatively, for summary judgment are denied.

On July 18, 1973, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") issued a complaint, In the Matter of Exxon Corp., et al., Docket No. 8934 (hereinafter this administrative proceeding will be referred to as Exxon), charging the plaintiffs herein and...

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