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UNITED STATES v. PETRO-PROCESSORS OF LA., INC.

Civ. A. No. 80-358-B.

548 F.Supp. 543 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America v. PETRO-PROCESSORS OF LOUISIANA, INC., et al.

United States District Court, M. D. Louisiana.

September 23, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Lemelle, Baton Rouge, La., for United States.

H. H. Hillyer, Jr., New Orleans, La., C. W. Phillips, Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, La., for defendants.

Patricia L. Norton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for the State of La.

Stephen M. Irving, Baton Rouge, La., for CBS, Inc.—intervenors.

POLOZOLA, District Judge.

This case involves another of a seemingly never ending line of cases wherein public officials and private corporations seek to hide behind a federal judge's robe to cover their actions or inactions. It also involves a case wherein public officials and private industry have intentionally misled the public and the news media by not fully disclosing facts in order to promote their own selfish gains.

On July 21, 1980, the United States...

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