MOBIL ALASKA PIPELINE CO. v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 77-2392, 77-2412, 77-2421 and 77-2437.

557 F.2d 775 (1977)

MOBIL ALASKA PIPELINE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America and the Interstate Commerce Commission, et al., Respondents, and Sohio Pipe Line Company, Amerada Hess Pipeline Corporation, Union Alaska Pipeline Company, Intervening Petitioners, State of Alaska and Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, Intervening Respondents. BP PIPELINES INC., Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America and the Interstate Commerce Commission, Respondents. EXXON PIPELINE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America and the Interstate Commerce Commission, Respondents, and Union Alaska Pipeline Company, Intervening Petitioner. ARCO PIPE LINE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America and the Interstate Commerce Commission et al., Respondents, State of Alaska, Intervening Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 29, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. Kilcarr, Washington, D. C., Maureen O'Bryon, James R. Kinzer, Gen. Counsel, Mobil Alaska Pipeline Co., Dallas, Tex., John Lansdale, Jr., Cox, Langford & Brown, Washington, D. C., for Sohio.

Rush Moody, Jr., Washington, D. C., for Amerada Hess.

Kenneth L. Riedman, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., for Union Alaska.

Griffin B. Bell, Atty. Gen., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Mark L. Evans, Gen. Counsel, Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C., Charles H. White, Jr., Assoc. Gen. Counsel, Donald A. Kaplan, Atty., Anti-Trust Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Robert Lewis Thompson, John J. Powers, III, Attys., Appellate Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for respondents.

O. Yale Lewis, Jr., Seattle, Wash., for Arctic Slope.

John M. Cleary and Edward J. Twomey, Donelan, Cleary, Wood & Maser, Washington, D. C., for State of Alaska.

Paul M. Haygood, New Orleans, La., Richard J. Flynn, Lee A. Monroe, Joseph B. Tompkins, Jr., Washington, D. C., Frank L. Heard, Jr., Houston, Tex., B. J. Caillouet, New Orleans, La., Kenneth L. Riedman, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., for Union Alaska.

William R. Connole, Quinn O'Connell, Eugene E. Threadgill, Washington, D. C., Marvin Schwartz, Michael Winger, New York City, Jack Vickrey, Houston, Tex., Glen E. Taylor, George H. Hagle, San Francisco, Cal., for petitioner.

Robert E. Jordan, III, James H. Pipkin, Steven H. Brose, Michael P. Berman, Washington, D. C., John T. Updegraff, Independence, Kan., for petitioner.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, GODBOLD and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Four petitions seeking injunctive relief and review of a June 28, 1977 Order of the Interstate Commerce Commission are before us, together with the United States' motion to dismiss.1 For reasons discussed below, we grant the government's motion.

Background Of The Case

This controversy arose on the eve of the flow of crude oil through the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS)2

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