CITRONELLE-MOBILE GATHERING, INC. v. EDWARDS

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith A. Jones, Fulbright & Jaworski, Washington, D.C., with whom Campbell Killerfer and John M. Simpson, Washington, D.C., of the same firm; and G. Sage Lyons and John P. Courtney, III, Lyons, Pipes & Cook, Mobile, Ala., were on the brief for plaintiffs-appellants.

Brian G. Kennedy, Civil Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen. and R. John Seibert, Washington, D.C., of the same agency; and Larry P. Ellsworth and Diana D. Clark, Office of Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Energy, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for defendants-appellees.

James F. Flug, Ruth M. Weisgall, Lee Ellen Helfrich, Lobel, Novins & Lamont, Washington, D.C., for the State of California, amicus curiae.

John P. Mathis, Catherine C. Wakelyn, Baker & Botts, Washington, D.C., and John F. Salisbury, Alden F. Whitehead, John F. Hornbostel, Jr., New York City, National Distillers and Chemical Corp. for Nat. Distillers and Chemical Corp. and Nat. Hydrocarbons, Inc., amicus curiae.

David L. Roll, Richard H. Porter, Carol A. Rhees, Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D.C., for Texaco, Inc., et al., amici curiae.

Before SPEARS, HEMPHILL and POINTER, JJ.