Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Wilbert J. Tauzin, II, Thibodaux, La., William C. Broadhurst, Lafayette, La., William D. Brown, T. A. Grant, III, Monroe, La., Robert G. Pugh, Shreveport, La., William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., of La., Carmack M. Blackmon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiffs; Edwin W. Edwards, Governor of La., Baton Rouge, La., Kenneth C. DeJean, Gary L. Keyser, Ben R. Miller, Sr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., David Dawson, Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Revenue and Taxation, Baton Rouge, La., Professor Melvin Dakin, Professor Fred Ellis, Louisiana State University Law School, Baton Rouge, La., Camille F. Gravel, Jr., Michael S. Baer, III, Gravel, Roy & Burnes, Alexandria, La., of counsel.
Frank J. Peragine, H. Paul Simon, Thomas R. Blum, James A. Burton, Matt J. Farley, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., for Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., Columbia Gulf Transmission Co., Stingray Pipeline Co., Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., Trunkline Gas Co., and Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America.
Gene W. Lafitte, John M. Wilson, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, La., for Florida Gas Transmission Co., Southern Natural Gas Co. and Texas Gas Pipe Line Corp.
Burt W. Sperry, Clyde R. Brown, James H. Napper, Shotwell, Brown & Sperry, Monroe, La., for Michigan Wisconsin Pipe Line Co. and Mississippi River Transmission Corp.
C. McVea Oliver, J. Michael Rhymes, Oliver & Wilson, Monroe, La., for Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.
Ernest L. Edwards, Charles F. Thensted, Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, New Orleans, La., for United Gas Pipe Line Co. and Sea Robin Pipeline Co.
Arthur J. Waechter, Jr., Herschel L. Abbott, Jr., Steven G. Durio, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for Texas Gas Transmission Corp.
M. Truman Woodward, Jr., H. H. Hillyer, Jr., John C. Christian, James K. Irvin, Henry A. King, Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer, Pierson & Miller, New Orleans, La., for Chevron, U. S. A., Inc. and Exxon Corp.; D. A. Molony, New Orleans, La., of counsel for Chevron, U. S. A., Inc.; Bernard J. Caillouet, John M. Roper, New Orleans, La., of counsel for Exxon Corp.
B. J. Duplantis, Lafayette, La., Dan A. Spencer, Houston, Tex., for Superior Oil Co.; W. B. Wagner, Jr., Houston, Tex., of counsel.
Robert Liles, Jr., Wiley G. Lastrapes, Timothy W. Cerniglia, New Orleans, La., for Texaco, Inc. and Sabine Pipe Line Co.
Milton L. Duvieilh, David R. Stevenson, New Orleans, La., for Gulf Oil Corp.
Kenneth C. Barranger, New Orleans, La., for Creole Gas Pipeline Corp.