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EXXON CORP. v. F. T. C.

No. 80-1395.

665 F.2d 1274 (1981)

EXXON CORPORATION and Gulf Oil Corporation, Appellants Mobil Oil Corporation, et al. v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 14, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Simon, Washington, D. C., with whom John S. Kingdon, Robert G. Abrams, Stuart H. Harris, Gaspare J. Bono, Washington, D. C. and John E. Bailey, Houston, Tex., were on the brief for appellants.

Joanne L. Levine, Atty., F. T. C., Washington, D. C., with whom Howard E. Shapiro, Deputy Gen. Counsel and W. Dennis Cross, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for respondent. Michael N. Sohn, Gerald P. Norton and James H. Sneed, Attys., F. T. C., Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for respondent.

Before ROBB and WALD, Circuit Judges and JAMESON, United States Senior District Judge for the District of Montana.

Opinion PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM:

In this action for declaratory and injunctive relief, the appellants, Exxon Corporation and Gulf Oil Corporation (the companies), contend that the Federal Trade Commission lacks authority to issue protective orders limiting the disclosure of confidential documents subpoenaed from the companies during the course of an administrative adjudicatory proceeding. According to the companies a judicial protective order, enforceable by...

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