Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Don W. Crockett, Dept. of Energy, Washington, D. C. (Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Civ. Div., and Dina R. Lassow, and Stephen E. Hart, Dept. of Justice, and John P. McKenna, Robert J. Wehrle-Einhorn, and Frank E. Massengale, Dept. of Energy, Washington, D. C., were with him on the brief), for defendants-appellants.
M. W. Parse, Jr., Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., for Exxon Corp., argued on behalf of refiner-appellees. With him on the brief for Refiner-Appellees were Charles E. Cheek, Tulsa, Okl., and Robert F. Ochs, Houston, Tex., and Charles C. Hairston, Tulsa, Okl., of counsel, for Gulf Oil Corp.
Jerry E. Smith, and A. Frank Koury, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., and Barbara Finney and Edward de la Garza, Houston, Tex., of counsel, for Exxon Corp.
David L. Roll, Samuel T. Perkins, Charlene Barshefsky, and Seth Goldberg, Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D. C., and Richard C. Morse, Los Angeles, Cal., and Arthur J. Wright, Dallas, Tex., of counsel, for Atlantic Richfield Co.
R. Bruce McLean, Daniel Joseph, Harry R. Silver, and Joseph T. Casey, Jr., Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, D. C., and, of counsel, Charles S. Lindberg, Donald E. Marquardt, Gail F. Schulz, Mark J. Forsch, New York City, and E. S. McCrum, New Orleans, La., for Mobil Oil Corp. and Mobil Oil Exploration & Producing Southeast, Inc.
William Simon, William E. Wickens, Frederick S. Frei, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D. C., and, of counsel, William G. Riddoch, Houston, Tex., for Shell Oil Co.
Donald B. Craven, Robert K. Huffman, and James B. Altman, Miller & Chevalier, Washington, D. C., and, of counsel, David M. Francis, and Mona A. Yoes, Houston, Tex., for Conoco, Inc.
James V. Carroll, III, Houston, Tex., Bruce R. Coulombe, Washington, D. C., Edith H. Jones, Marcia A. Graham, Houston, Tex., Andrews, Kurth, Campbell & Jones, Washington, D. C., and, of counsel, Timothy T. West, Houston, Tex., for Texgas Corp. and Allied Corp.
Richard G. Morgan, O'Connor & Hannan, Washington, D. C., for InterNorth, Inc., argued on behalf of gas processors-appellees. With him on the brief for gas processors-appellees were Donald S. Arbour, Martha Priddy Patterson, and Christina W. Fleps, O'Connor & Hannan, Washington, D. C., and, of counsel, Dean Wallace, Frank J. Duffy, Michael P. Moran, Omaha, Neb., for plaintiff-appellee, InterNorth, Inc.
Before CHRISTENSEN, JAMESON and BROWN, Judges.
