CONOCO, INC. v. WATT

Civ. A. No. 82-3268.

559 F.Supp. 627 (1982)

CONOCO, INC. v. James G. WATT, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

August 6, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Berry St. John, Jr., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, La., Bradley I. Raffle, Conoco, Inc., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

John Volz, U.S. Atty., E.D.La., New Orleans, La., William F. Baity, Asst. U.S. Atty., E.D.La., New Orleans, La., Larry Martin Corcoran, Dept. of Justice, Land and Natural Resources Div., Washington, D.C., for defendants.


HEEBE, Chief Judge.

This cause came on for hearing on August 3, 1982, on the application by the plaintiff, Conoco, Inc., for a temporary restraining order in a suit filed for declaratory and injunctive relief challenging two decisions by the Mineral Management Service (MMS) requiring Conoco to pay civil penalties totaling $353,000 for alleged violation of administrative orders governing oil and gas operations on the Outer Continental Shelf.

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