IN RE DEPT. OF ENERGY STRIPPER WELL EXEMPTION LIT.

No. 10-39.

690 F.2d 1375 (1982)

In re the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY STRIPPER WELL EXEMPTION LITIGATION. ENERGY RESERVES GROUP, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals.

Decided July 29, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 10, 1982.

Certiorari Denied January 10, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy C. Crisman, Dept. of Energy, with whom John P. McKenna, Frank W. Krogh, Marcia K. Sowles, Samuel Soopper and John L. Gurney of the same agency; and Paul M. Geier and Stephen W. Godoff, Dept. of Energy, Washington, D. C., of counsel, were on the brief for the defendants-appellants.

Joseph W. Kennedy, Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy, Chartered, with whom Dennis M. Feeney and John P. Bowman, Wichita, Kan., of the same firm; David J. Beck, Fulbright & Jaworski, with whom Ronald D. Secrest, Houston, Tex., of the same firm; Edward De LaGarza, Exxon Corp., Houston, Tex.; Daniel Joseph and Warren E. Connelly, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Michael J. Henke and Ann M. Ashton, Vinson & Elkins, Washington, D. C.; Robert F. Ochs and Edward T. Cotham, Jr., The Gulf Companies Law Dept., Houston, Tex.; Richard L. Bohanon, Andrews, Davis, Legg, Bixler, Milsten & Murrah, Oklahoma City, Okl.; Herbert H. Hopper, Hopper, Shawver & Rathbun, Wichita, Kan.; Gerald Sawatsky, Foulston, Siefkin, Powers & Eberhardt, Wichita, Kan.; John C. Cirone and Kerry R. Brittain, Champlin Petroleum Company; Fort Worth, Tex., John E. Sparks and G. Stewart Stone, Jr., Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal.; Keith A. Jones, Fulbright & Jaworski, Washington, D. C.; H. V. Schaefer, Marathon Oil Company, Findlay, Ohio; D. Frank Frisina, The Standard Oil Company, Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio; John M. Shuey, Shuey, Smith & Fleming, Shreveport, La.; Arthur M. Meyer, Jr., Bracewell & Patterson, Washington, D. C.; Richard Jones and Evan J. Olson, Hershberger, Patterson, Jones & Roth, Wichita, Kan.; A. B. Conant, Jr. and Karen S. Bedell, Shank, Irwin, Conant, Williamson & Grevel, Dallas, Tex.; Mark J. Forsch, Mobil Oil Corporation, Dallas, Tex.; Tom P. Hamill, Mobil Producing Texas & New Mexico, Inc., Houston, Tex.; J. Frederick Lawson, Texaco, Inc., Tulsa, Okl.; Elaine Boze, Sun Oil Company, Dallas, Tex.; Philip E. Pankoff, Wood, Ris & Hames, Denver, Colo.; James B. Harris, Thompson & Knight, John McReynolds, Worsham, Forsythe & Sampels, Dallas, Tex.; Irley A. Bonnette, Anadarko Production Company, Houston, Tex.; George G. Olsen, Williams & Jensen, P. C., Washington, D. C.; Ronald A. Lane, Gus Svolos and Richard E. Weicher, Santa Fe Energy Company, Chicago, Ill.; James D. Voorhees, Davis, Graham & Stubbs, Denver, Colo.; Clark R. Mandigo, Energy Reserves Group, Inc., Wichita, Kan.; R. Kennedy Bridwell, Suburban Propane Gas Corporation, Morristown, N. J.; and Fred A. Gipson, Seminole, Okl., were on the brief for the plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GRANT, LARSON and LACEY, Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 10, 1982.

Certiorari Denied January 10, 1983. See 103 S.Ct. 763.

GRANT, Judge:

These multidistrict litigation cases, consolidated for disposition by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation at the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, present the issue of the validity of Federal Energy Administration (now the Department of Energy (DOE...

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