UNITED STATES v. ANDRUS ENERGY CORP.

Nos. 5-71, 5-77 and 5-72.

678 F.2d 1081 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, et al., Petitioners-Appellees, v. ANDRUS ENERGY CORPORATION, et al., Respondents-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner-Appellee, v. ROBISON ENERGY, INC. and Gary Womack, Vice President, Respondents-Appellants.

Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals.

April 9, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert E. Vacek, Jr. and Steven L. Weltman, Vacek & Weltman, P. C., Houston, Tex., were on the briefs for appellants Andrus Energy Corp., et al. and Robison Energy, Inc., et al.

Daniel K. Hedges, U. S. Atty., and C. J. (Neil) Calnan and Robert Darden, Asst. U. S. Attys., Houston, Tex., were on the brief for appellees, United States of America, et al. in Nos. 5-71/5-77.

Daniel K. Hedges, U. S. Atty., and C. J. (Neil) Calnan and M. Angela Flores, Asst. U. S. Attys., Chief, Civil Division, Houston, Tex., were on the brief for appellee, United States of America, in No. 5-72.

Before INGRAHAM, ESTES and POINTER, Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellants' challenges of the Department of Energy subpoenas in question and the orders enforcing them by United States District Judges Singleton and Black of the Southern District of Texas are frivolous and entirely without merit.

This court has repeatedly upheld enforcement of DOE's and its predecessor agencies' subpoenas seeking similar information relevant to the same lawfully authorized purpose. United States v. Empire Gas Corp.,

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