ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO. v. U.S. DEPT. OF ENERGY

No. 82-2472.

769 F.2d 771 (1984)

ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 27, 1984.

As Amended August 19, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Roll, Washington, D.C., with whom Richard H. Porter, Seth Goldberg, Kim Ellen Heebner and Michael B. Green, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Leland Ware, Atty. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, and Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief, for appellees.

Stark Ritchie, Stephen Williams, Daniel Joseph, David A. Holzworth and Rory F. Quirk, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for amicus curiae, urging reversal.

Before SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Chief Judge, WILKEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and MARKEY, Chief Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III.

Senior Circuit Judge WILKEY concurs in the judgment.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Chief Judge:

The principal questions before us are whether the Department of Energy has adjudicatory authority over alleged petroleum price-control violations, and, if so, whether, in the exercise of that authority, it can impose remedial sanctions upon parties disobeying its discovery orders.

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