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UNITED STATES v. EXXON CORP.

Nos. 80-1002, 80-1003 and 80-1018.

628 F.2d 70 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America v. EXXON CORPORATION, a corporation, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. MARATHON OIL COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 25, 1980.

Certiorari Denied May 27, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald B. Craven, Washington, D.C., with whom Mark L. Evans, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant Exxon Corp. A. M. Minotti, entered an appearance for appellant Exxon Corp.

Robert W. Steele, Washington, D.C., with whom J. Wallace Adair and Robert E. Hebda, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant Shell Oil Co.

Daniel Joseph, Washington, D. C., with whom Warren E. Connelly, Washington, D. C., and William M. Berenson, Boston, Mass., were on the brief, for appellant Marathon Oil Co.

Thomas R. Kline and Ann F. Cohen, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Alice Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., and William G. Kanter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee. H. Robert Field, Atty., Dept. of Energy, Washington D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before WRIGHT, Chief Judge, BAZELON, Senior Circuit Judge, and WILKEY, Circuit Judge.

Certiorari Denied May 27, 1980. See 100 S.Ct. 2940.

Opinion for the court per curiam.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge WILKEY.

PER CURIAM:

These are appeals from a District Court order of December 19, 1979 enforcing identical administrative subpoenas duces tecum against three oil companies: Exxon Corporation, Shell Oil Company, and Marathon Oil Company. We affirm the District Court's enforcement of the subpoenas, subject to...

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