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PLACID OIL CO. v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION

Civ. A. No. CA-3-77-1057-G.

465 F.Supp. 1199 (1979)

PLACID OIL COMPANY v. The FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION and John F. O'Leary, Administrator.

United States District Court, N. D. Texas, Dallas Division.

February 26, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. B. Conant, Jr., Ray B. Williamson and Karen S. Bedell, Shank, Irwin, Conant, Williamson & Grevelle, Dallas, Tex., Frank P. Saponaro, Jr., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Kenneth J. Mighell, U. S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., Stafford Hutchinson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., Dennis G. Linder, Daniellia A. Sapriel, Dina R. Lassow, C. Max Vassanelli, Washington, D. C., for defendants; Jo Ann Scott, Dept. of Energy, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.

This action for judicial review of a decision of the Federal Energy Administration (now the Department of Energy) reveals both the anomalous consequences that flow from pervasive federal regulation of a complex industry as well as the inherent difficulty of "substantial evidence" review of a somewhat intricate administrative proceeding.

The appeal by Placid Oil Co. is from the...

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