IN RE DEPT. OF ENERGY STRIPPER WELL EXEMPTION LIT.

M.D.L. No. 378.

608 F.Supp. 1104 (1985)

In re The DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY STRIPPER WELL EXEMPTION LITIGATION.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

May 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Kennedy, Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy, Wichita, Kan., for plaintiffs.

Larry P. Ellsworth, Marcia Sowles, Eric Schwartz, Dept. of Energy, Washington, D.C., for Dept. of Energy.

Robert Martin, Paul B. Swartz, Martin W. Bauer, Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Triplett & Wallace, Wichita, Kan., for Total Petroleum, Inc.

John P. Mathis, Catherine C. Wakelyn, Baker & Botts, Washington, D.C., for Tenneco Oil Co. and Pennzoil Co.

Kenneth L. Bachman, Jr., Eugene M. Goott, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Washington, D.C., for Tosco Corp.

Thomas A. Donovan, Kirkpatrick, Lockhart, Johnson & Hutchinson, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Ashland Oil, Inc.

Richard P. Noland, Robert R. Morrow, Monica A. Otte, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Washington, D.C., for Texas City Refining, Inc.

Brian G. Grace, Curfman, Harris, Stallings, Grace & Snow, Wichita, Kan., for all indicated refiners.

Joseph C. Bell, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D.C., for American Petroleum Refiners Ass'n.

Robert M. Westberg, Robert B. Gex, Dudley A. Zinke, Ira J. Rappeport, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, Cal., Thomas D. Kitch, Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, Wichita, Kan., for Chevron U.S.A., Inc.

James P. Zakoura, Weeks, Thomas & Lysaught, Chtd., Kansas City, Kan., Robert L. Gowdy, Kansas City, Mo., for Farmland Industries, Inc.

Gilliland, Hayes, Dillon & Green, P.A., Hutchinson, Kan., William G. Riddoch, Houston, Tex., for Shell Oil Co.

James F. Flug, Lobel, Novins & Lamot, Washington, D.C., for Alabama, California, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Ohio, South Dakota, Vermont, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

Andrew Miller, Arthur J. Galligan, Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, Washington, D.C., for Arkansas, Kansas, Delaware, Iowa, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Texas and West Virginia.

Jerry S. Cohen, Michael D. Hausfeld, Patricia F. Bak, Kohn, Milstein, Cohen & Hausfeld, Washington, D.C., for Payne 22, Inc., Anthony Monaco, Rex Chipley, Robert Sharo, George Theodore, Harvey Hatfield, Richard Vielhaber and Nicholas Peto.

Wilbur Bell, Executive Director, Mississippi Dept. of Energy & Transp., Jackson, Miss., for State of Miss.

Mike Greely, Atty. Gen., Jerome J. Cate, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Mont., Helena, Mont., for State of Mont.

Wayne E. Hundley, Deputy Atty. Gen., Topeka, Kan., for the following states and territories: Michigan, Alabama, California, Arkansas, Kansas, Delaware, Iowa, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Colorado, North Carolina, Illinois, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Oregon, Maryland, New Jersey, Tennessee, Nevada, Hawaii, New Mexico, Puerto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands, District of Columbia, West Virginia, New York and South Carolina.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., Frank J. Hutfless, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, Neb., for State of Neb.

John J. Easton, Jr., Atty. Gen., J. Wallace Malley, Jr., Jane Hart Marter, Asst. Attys. Gen., State of Vt., Montpelier, Vt., for State of Vt.

Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Robert S. Stubbs, Exec. Asst. Atty. Gen., H. Perry Michael, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert S. Bomar, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Isaac Byrd, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Ga., Atlanta, Ga., for State of Ga.

T. Travis Medlock, Atty. Gen., Richard P. Wilson, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of S.C., Columbia, S.C., for State of S.C.

Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Alan L. Kovacs, Dennis M. Ryan, Asst. Attys. Gen., Antitrust Div., Public Protection Bureau, Boston, Mass., for Com. of Mass.

Joseph I. Lieberman, Atty. Gen., Richard Webb, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hartford, Conn., for State of Conn.

Gregory H. Smith, Atty. Gen., Bruce E. Mohl, Asst. Atty. Gen., Concord, N.H., for State of N.H.

James E. Tierney, Atty. Gen., Robert Frank, August, Me., for State of Me.

Will Larson, Garrett & Roberts, Chtd., Topeka, Kan., John Van de Kamp, Atty. Gen., Yeoryios Apallas, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., Douglas B. Mitchell, Passman, Mitchell & Alfano, Washington, D.C., for Jobbers' Group and Nat. Oil Jobbers Counsel.

Jack Focht, Patricia M. Dengler, Smith, Shay, Farmer & Wetta, Wichita, Kan., Richard T. Williams, Kadison, Pfaelzer, Woodard, Quinn & Rossi, Los Angeles, Cal., for Air Transport Ass'n of America.

Bernard Nash, Edward G. Modell, Washington, D.C., for Pennsylvania, Hawaii, Nevada, North Carolina, Guam and the Virgin Islands.

Robert W. Wise, Bremyer & Wise, P.A., McPherson, Kan., for Virginia Elec. and Power Co.

Stewart Stone, Jr., Brobeck, Phlager & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., for Union Oil Co. of California.

Darci L. Rock, Mary Caroline Parker, Bracewell & Patterson, Washington, D.C., for Phillips Petroleum Co.

Alexander B. Mitchell, Sargent, Klenda, Haag & Mitchell, Wichita, Kan., for all intervenor purchasers.

Harold E. Kohn, Joseph C. Kohn, Kohn, Savett, Marion & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., for intervenor Philadelphia Elec. Co.

Philip P. Kalodner, Philadelphia, Pa., for intervenors Nat. Freight, Inc., RJG Cab, Inc., and Geraldine H. Sweeney.

Donald W. Bostwick, Adams, Jones, Robinson & Malone, Chtd., Wichita, Kan., for plaintiff Amoco Production Company.


OPINION AND ORDER

THEIS, Senior District Judge.

This multidistrict litigation involves the issue of how nearly a billion dollars in crude oil overcharges currently held in escrow should ultimately be distributed. On September 13, 1983, this Court as delegate of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation referred the question of the appropriate remedy to the Office of Hearings and Appeals [OHA] of the Department of Energy [DOE] for determination of whether...

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