UNITED STATES v. BELL

No. 5-24.

564 F.2d 953 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America and Robert H. Burch, Federal Energy Investigator, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Louis K. BELL, President, Bell Oil Company, Respondent-Appellant.

Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals of the United States.

Decided October 11, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Cooney, Augusta, Ga., was on the brief for appellant.

Daniella Sapriel, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Stanley D. Rose,* Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellees.

Before CHRISTENSEN, INGRAHAM and ESTES, Judges.


ESTES, Judge.

Respondent-appellant, Louis K. Bell, President, Bell Oil Company, appeals from an April 4, 1977 order of the District Court granting enforcement of a Federal Energy Administration (FEA) subpoena served on appellant on July 24, 1975. The subpoena of "The Federal Energy Administrator" was addressed to "Mr. Louis K. Bell, President, d/b/a Bell Oil Company"; was explicitly "issued . . . under authority of Section 206 of the Economic Stabilization Act of...

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