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UNITED STATES v. MERIT PETROLEUM, INC.

No. 5-99.

731 F.2d 901 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MERIT PETROLEUM, INC., Respondent-Appellant.

Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals.

Decided March 30, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Sorenson, Jr., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daniel K. Hedges, U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., and Lawrence A.G. Moloney, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., and Charles L. Cope, Dept. of Energy, Washington, D.C., of counsel, were on the brief, for the United States of America.

James R. Myers, Andrews & Kurth, Washington, D.C., with whom Bruce R. Coulombe, Washington, D.C., of the same firm, was on the brief for respondent-appellant, Merit Petroleum, Inc.

Before INGRAHAM, DAUGHERTY and BROWN, Judges.

WESLEY E. BROWN, Judge.

This is an action to enforce an administrative subpoena issued by the United States Department of Energy in August, 1981, in connection with an audit of Merit Petroleum which began in November, 1978. Merit appeals from an Order of the District Court entered on August 17, 1983, enforcing the subpoena upon a finding that Merit had "refused, without good cause, to produce records as required," by the...

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