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PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION

Civ. A. Nos. 77-90, 77-130, 77-131, 77-144 and 77-155.

435 F.Supp. 1239 (1977)

PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION, Defendant. TENNECO OIL COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION et al., Defendants. PENNZOIL COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION et al., Defendants. COASTAL STATES GAS CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION et al., Defendants. CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

August 11, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Samuel Arsht and William O. LaMotte, III of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Del., for all plaintiffs.

Paul J. Mode, Jr., Michael S. Helfer, and Alan B. Sternstein of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D. C., for Phillips Petroleum Company.

John P. Mathis of Baker & Botts, Washington, D. C., for Tenneco Oil Co., and Pennzoil Co.

David J. Beck, Laurance C. Mosher, Jr., and J. Todd Sheilds of Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., for Coastal States Gas Corp.

Rush Moody, Jr., Michael J. Henke, and F. Shaun Burns of Vinson & Elkins, Washington, D. C., for Continental Oil Co.

James W. Garvin, Jr., U. S. Atty., and John H. McDonald, Asst. U. S. Atty., Wilmington, Del., Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Stanley D. Rose, C. Max Vassanelli, and Robert E. Richardson, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

OPINION

LATCHUM, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs, five oil companies1 seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, have each brought a suit challenging the defendant, Federal Energy Administration's ("FEA")2 interpretation and contemplated application of a regulatory scheme governing the method by which the plaintiffs priced their petroleum products as a result...

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