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STANDARD OIL CO. v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION

Nos. C76-1279, C76-1288, C76-1344, C77-11, C77-82, C77-92, C77-168, C77-187 and C77-406.

453 F.Supp. 203 (1978)

STANDARD OIL COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION and John F. O'Leary, Administrator, Federal Energy Administration, Defendants. SUN OIL COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION and John F. O'Leary, Administrator, Defendants. MOBIL OIL CO., Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION and John F. O'Leary, Administrator, Defendants. TEXACO, INC., Plaintiff, v. John F. O'LEARY, Administrator and Federal Energy Administration, Defendants. GULF OIL CO., Plaintiff, v. John F. O'LEARY, Administrator and Federal Energy Administration, Defendants. SHELL OIL CO., Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION et al., Defendants. AMOCO OIL CO., Plaintiff, v. John F. O'LEARY, Administrator, Federal Energy Administration, Defendants. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO., Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION and John F. O'Leary, Administrator, Federal Energy Administration, Defendants. EXXON CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. John F. O'LEARY, Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration and Federal Energy Administration, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Ohio, E. D.

January 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Clarke, David A. Nelson, Geoffrey K. Barnes, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiff in No. C76-1279.

Alan S. Novins, Lobel, Novins & Lamont, Washington, D. C., on brief, for amicus curiae in all cases.

Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., for defendants in Nos. C76-1279, C77-82, C77-92, C77-168, C77-187 and C77-406.

James W. Garvin, Jr., Dennis G. Linder, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants in No. C76-1279.

Andrew J. Kilcarr, Washington, D. C., Thomas R. Trowbridge, III, Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine, New York City, Arthur F. Zalud, Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiff in No. C76-1344.

Irving Jaffe, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants in No. C76-1344.

William H. Allen, James Baller, Robert D. Daniel, Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., Wm. Smith, Calfee, Halter & Griswold, Cleveland, Ohio, Edward J. Ciechon, C. Steven LeBaron, Sun Oil Company, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff in No. C76-1288.

Stanley D. Rose, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants in C76-1288, C77-82, C77-92 and C77-168.

Frederick M. Coleman, U. S. Atty., Cleveland, Ohio, for defendants in No. C76-1288, C76-1344 and C77-168.

Smith Warder, Arter & Hadden, Richard A. Dean, Cleveland, Ohio, William R. Slye, New York City, for plaintiff in No. C77-11.

John M. Cronquist, Wentworth J. Marshall, Jr., Cronquist, Smith & Marshall, Cleveland, Ohio, Catherine C. McCulley, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff in No. C77-82.

D. D. Weisberger, Asst. U. S. Atty., Cleveland, Ohio, for defendants in Nos. C76-1288, C76-1344, C77-82, C77-92, C77-187 and C77-406.

C. Max Vassanelli, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants in Nos. C76-1279, C76-1288, C77-82, C77-92, C77-168 and C77-406.

Wm. Simon, Wm. E. Wickens, Richard A. Kleine, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D. C., Baker, Hostetler & Patterson, Wayne C. Dabb, Jr., Richard F. Stevens, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiff in No. C77-92.

Louis Paisley, Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiff in No. C77-168.

Sterling Newell, Jr., Spieth, Bell, McCurdy & Newell, Cleveland, Ohio, Joseph A. Ball, Ball, Hunt, Hart, Brown & Baerwitz, Long Beach, Cal., Richard C. Morse, Atlantic Richfield Co., Legal Div., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff in No. C77-187.

Donald B. Craven, A. Theodore Giattina, Miller & Chevalier, Washington, D. C., Michael R. Gallagher, Alan M. Petrov, Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton, Norman & Mollison, Cleveland, Ohio, Dillard W. Baker, Barbara Finney, Exxon Company, U. S. A., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff in No. C77-406.

Gerald D. Freed, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants in No. C77-406.

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION

MANOS, District Judge.

I.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On July 21, 1977, this court issued an order denying the defendants' motions to dismiss the actions filed by each of the petroleum refiner plaintiffs. That earlier decision, which is reported, contains a detailed discussion of the procedural history of each of the nine cases up to July 21, 1977. See Standard Oil Company, et al. v. F. E. A., 440 F.Supp. 329, 331...

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