SHEPHERD OIL, INC. v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Bode, Batzell, Nunn & Bode, Washington, D.C., with whom John E. Varnum, Washington, D.C., of the same firm, was on brief for plaintiff-counter-defendant-appellant.

Joseph A. Ball, Ball, Hunt, Hart, Brown & Baerwitz, Beverly Hills, Cal., with whom James Polish and Russell C. Swartz, Beverly Hills, Cal., of the same firm, and Keith M. Clemens, Los Angeles, Cal., were on brief for defendant-counter-claimant-appellee.

David A. Ross and Melvin A. Schwarz, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, New York City, on brief for amicus curiae, Getty Refining and Marketing Co.

Thomas C. Newkirk, Thomas H. Kemp and Dennis M. Moore, Office of Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Energy, Washington, D.C., on brief for amicus curiae, Dept. of Energy.

Before CHRISTENSEN, HOFFMAN and PECK, Judges.