Louis J. BONNAFFONS, William D. Melton, and Shell Oil Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
The UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, The Government of Puerto Rico, The Shell Company (Puerto Rico) Limited, and Commonwealth Oil Refining Company, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
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Argued October 30, 1980.
Decided March 11, 1981.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William E. Wickens, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D. C., with whom William Simon, W. Donald Dresser and Joanne Parsons, Washington, D. C., of the same firm; and William G. Riddoch, Shell Oil Company, Houston, Tex., were on the brief for plaintiffs-appellants.
Larry Ellsworth, Dept. of Energy, Washington, D. C., with whom Sandra K. Webb and W. Thomas Rosemond, Jr. of the same agency and Alice Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Civil Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for defendant-appellee, Dept. of Energy.
Darci L. Rock, Bracewell & Patterson, Washington, D. C., with whom John R. Cope and Roger L. Reynolds of the same firm, and Miguel Gimenez Munoz, Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, San Juan, Puerto Rico, were on the brief for defendant-appellee, The Government of Puerto Rico.
Max O. Truitt, Jr., Wilmer & Pickering, Washington, D. C., with whom C. Loring Jetton, Jr. and Helen Torelli, Washington, D. C., of the same firm, were on the brief for defendant-appellee, The Shell Company (Puerto Rico) Limited.
James Hamilton, Ginsburg, Feldman, Weil & Bress, Washington, D. C., with whom Fred W. Drogula and Alan R. Yuspeh, Washington, D. C., of the same firm, and David Galbraith, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for defendant-appellee, Commonwealth Oil Refining Company, Inc.
Before LARSON, BONSAL and PECK, Judges.
Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals.
LARSON, Judge.
In this appeal the Court is called upon to determine not only the relationship between two Royal Dutch/Shell Group corporations but also the relationship existing between the extended family serving the petroleum needs of the island of Puerto Rico. This is not merely a dispute between "first cousins" or "brother and sister;" this is a dispute affecting the interdependence of the Puerto Rican petrochemical industries in which both government and private...
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