MOBIL OIL CORP. v. DEPT. OF ENERGY

Nos. 2-40, 6-31.

728 F.2d 1477 (1983)

MOBIL OIL CORPORATION, Exxon Corporation, Gulf Oil Corporation, and Marathon Oil Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY and James B. Edwards, Defendants-Appellants. and NAPH-SOL REFINING COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MURPHY OIL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals.

Decided December 20, 1983.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 10, 1984.

Certiorari Denied June 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Engels, Dept. of Energy, Washington, D.C., with whom Thomas C. Newkirk, Larry P. Ellsworth, Floyd I. Robinson, Thomas A. Schweitzer and Dennis M. Moore, Washington, D.C. were on brief for appellants in No. 2-40.

Donald B. Craven, Miller & Chevalier Chartered, Washington, D.C., with whom Jay L. Carlson, James P. Tuite and Scott E. Pickens, Washington, D.C., Jay W. Wason, Mackenzie, Smith, Lewis, Mitchell & Hughes, Syracuse, N.Y., Barbara Finney, Robert F. Ochs and J. Ronald Sandberg, Houston, Tex., Andrew J. Kilcarr and James P. Shaughnessy, Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, Washington, D.C., Thomas R. Trowbridge III, Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, New York City, John M. Freyer, Bond, Schoeneck & King, Syracuse, N.Y., Charles S. Lindberg and Francis A. Rowen, Jr., New York City, Daniel Joseph, Warren E. Connelly and Edward L. Rubinoff, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, D.C., Donald L. Nicholas, Costello, Cooney & Fearon, Syracuse, N.Y., and John A. Evans, Findlay, Ohio, were on brief for appellees in No. 2-40.

Neva T. Campbell, Schwabe, Williamson, Wyatt, Moore & Roberts, Portland, Or., on brief for amici curiae Richard W. Dyke, dba Western Stations Co., Colvin Oil Co. and F.O. Fletcher, Inc., dba Fletcher Oil Co.; Steven Schaars and Joan Goldfrank, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, Washington, D.C., on brief for amici curiae Go-Tane Service Stations, Inc., Kickapoo Oil Co., Inc. and Lake Shore Oil Co.; James F. Flug and Mark Hessel, Lobel, Novins & Lamont, Washington, D.C., on brief for amici curiae Attys. Gen. of Mich., Ala., Ill. and Pa., and the Controller of Cal.; and Charles W. Petty, Jr., Anthony J. Thompson, Charles E. Sliter, Robert F. Reklaitis and Janet E. Pitterle, Hamel, Park, McCabe & Saunders, Washington, D.C., on brief for amicus curiae Growmark, Inc., in No. 2-40.

William H. Bode, Spriggs, Bode & Hollingsworth, Washington, D.C., with whom John E. Varnum and Tobey B. Marzouk, Washington, D.C., were on brief for appellant in No. 6-31.

Daniel Joseph, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, D.C., with whom R. Bruce McLean, Edward L. Rubinoff and Phyllis R. Anderson, Washington, D.C., William K. Holmes, Warner, Norcross & Judd, Grand Rapids, Mich., and H.Y. Rowe and W. Bayless Rowe, El Dorado, Ark., of counsel, were on brief for appellee in No. 6-31.

Thomas C. Newkirk, Larry P. Ellsworth, David A. Engels, Floyd I. Robinson, Thomas A. Schweitzer and Dennis M. Moore, Dept. of Energy, Washington, D.C., on brief for amicus curiae The U.S. Dept. of Energy in No. 6-31.

Before METZNER, PECK and LACEY, Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 10, 1984.

Certiorari Denied June 18, 1984. See 104 S.Ct. 3545.

LACEY, Judge.

INTRODUCTION

The Department of Energy ("DOE") and Naph-Sol Refining Co. ("Naph-Sol") appeal from orders entered by, respectively, the District Court for the Northern District of New York and the District Court for the Western District of Michigan that, inter alia, invalidated the "deemed recovery rule" as procedurally...

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