Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Thomas C. Newkirk, with whom Larry P. Ellsworth, Peter Aron, Robert C. Power, and Kathrine L. Henry, Dept. of Energy, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for United States Dept. of Energy, and James B. Edwards, Jr., Secretary of Energy.
Paul J. Mode, Jr., with whom William J. Perlstein and Bruce E. Coolidge, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D. C., and George C. Bond, Vice President and Gen. Counsel of Union Oil Co., Los Angeles, Cal. (of counsel), were on the brief for Union Oil Co.
Kenneth L. Bachman, Jr., with whom Eugene M. Goott and John G. Finneran, Jr., Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Washington, D. C., and C. Rex Boyd, Jeanette M. Thomas, Robert W. Cardwell, Jr., Tosco Corp., Los Angeles, Cal., were on the brief for Tosco Corp.
David L. Roll, Daryl A. Chamblee, Kathleen M. Flanagan, Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D. C., and Arthur J. Wright (of counsel), Dallas, Tex., counsel for Atlantic Richfield Co.; Charles E. Cheek, Bradley F. Stuebing, and Robert F. Ochs (of counsel), Houston, Tex., counsel for Gulf Oil Corp.; and Robert B. Gex, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, Cal., counsel for Chevron U.S.A. Inc., were on the brief for amici curiae Atlantic Richfield Co., Gulf Oil Corp., and Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Karen S. Bedell, Jamie Replogle, Shank, Irwin, Conant & Williams, Dallas, Tex., were on the brief for amicus curiae Hunt Oil Co.
Richard B. Herzog, J. Stephen Lawrence, Jr., Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Washington, D. C., Paul W. Wommack, Sam S. Norvell, Mitchell Energy & Development Corp., The Woodlands, Tex.; Bill J. Zimmerman, Jay G. Martin, Superior Oil Co., Houston, Tex.; Henry W. Hooker, Ravenna Oil Co., Nashville, Tenn.; were on the brief for amici curiae Mitchell Energy & Development Corp., The Woodlands, Tex., Superior Oil Co., and Ravenna Oil Co.
B. Bruce McClean, Daniel Joseph, Harry R. Silver, Charles P. Warren, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, D. C., and Charles S. Lindberg, William F. Streets, and Gail F. Schultz, Mobil Oil Corp., Fairfax, Va. (of counsel), counsel for Fletcher Oil & Refining Co., Mobil Oil Corp., and Murphy Oil Corp.; W. Bayless Rowe, of El Dorado, Ark., counsel for Murphy Oil Corp.; David A. Nelson, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, and D. Frank Frisina, of Cleveland, Ohio, counsel for The Standard Oil Co. (Ohio); Keith A. Jones, Warren Belmar, Fulbright & Jaworski, Washington, D. C., counsel for Diamond Shamrock Corp. Kerr-McGee Corp., Texaco, Inc. and Exxon Corp.; John V. Cottle and Jerry D. King, Amarillo, Tex., counsel for Diamond Shamrock Corp., Patrick J. Clarke, Oklahoma City, Okl., counsel for Kerr-McGee Corp., Stephen H. Bard and Elizabeth P. Smith, White Plains, N. Y., counsel for Texaco, Inc., and W. J. McAnelly, Jr. and Edward de la Garza, Houston, Tex., counsel for Exxon Corp., were on the brief for amici curiae Diamond Shamrock Corp., Exxon Corp., Fletcher Oil and Refining Co., Kerr-McGee Corp., Mobil Oil Corp., Murphy Oil Corp., The Standard Oil Co. (Ohio) and Texaco, Inc.
Fred W. Drogula, Patricia N. Blair, Ginsburg, Feldman, Weil & Bress, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for amici curiae Clark Oil and Refining Corp. and Commonwealth Oil Refining Co., Inc.
William H. Bode, John E. Varnum, Batzell, Nunn & Bode, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for amici curiae Hudson Oil Co., Texas American Petrochemicals, Inc., U.S. & Refining Co., Galdieux Refinery, Inc., Peerless Oil & Chemicals, Inc., and Vicksbury Refining Co.
Edwin Jason Dryer, Michael R. Bromwich, Foley, Lardner, Hollabaugh & Jacobs, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for amicus curiae Independent Refiners Ass'n of America.
Joseph A. Katarinic, Thomas A. Donovan, Wendy D. Smith, David J. Sponseller, Kirkpatrick, Lockhart, Johnson & Hutchison, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Robert H. Compton and Kathleen C. Gillmore (of counsel), Ashland Oil Co., Inc., Russell, Ky., were on the brief for amicus curiae, Ashland Oil, Inc.
Allen Tupper Brown, James A. Wilderotter, Thomas E. Fennell, Lisa M. Bell, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, D. C., and Kent B. Hampton, J. Furman Lewis, and John A. Evans (of counsel), Findley, Ohio, were on the brief for amicus curiae Marathon Oil Co.
Stephen A. Herman, Stephen E. Story, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, D. C., M. J. Keating, Matthew J. Gallo, Chicago, Ill., were on the brief for amicus curiae Amoco Production Co.
Before CHRISTENSEN, JAMESON and ZIRPOLI, Judges.