TEXACO, INC. v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Nos. 3-44 through 3-49.

795 F.2d 1021 (1986)

TEXACO, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, Defendant-Appellant; and Ashland Oil, Inc., et al., Intervenors-Appellants.

Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals.

Decided May 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine C. Cook, with whom Henry A. Gill, Samuel Soopper, Dennis M. Moore, James B. McRae, Joann Scott and Lorna J. Hadlock, Office of General Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Energy, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for defendants-appellants.

Daniel Joseph, P.C., with whom R. Bruce McLean, P.C. and David A. Holzworth, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, D.C., and William C. Streets, Gail F. Schulz, Mobil Oil Corp., Fairfax, Va., were on brief, for intervenor-defendant-appellant, Mobil Oil Corp.

Kenneth L. Bachman, Jr., with whom Sara D. Schotland and Eugene M. Goott, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Washington, D.C., were on brief for plaintiffs-appellees, American Petrofina, Inc. and Tosco Corp.

Although not presenting Argument, the following counsel were listed on the briefs for Intervenor-Appellants and Plaintiffs-Appellees:

Thomas A. Donovan, Judith A. Mackarey, Kenneth M. Argentieri, Susan D. Glimcher, Kirkpatrick, Lockhart, Johnson & Hutchinson, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Robert H. Compton and Kathleen C. Gilmore, Ashland Petroleum Co., Ashland, Ky., were counsel, for intervenor-appellant Ashland Oil, Inc.

J. Furman Lewis and John A. Evans, Marathon Petroleum Co., Findlay, Ohio, and James A. Wilderotter, Thomas E. Fennell, Kathryn M. Fenton and Mary Ellen Conway, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, D.C., were counsel, for intervenor-appellant, Marathon Petroleum Co.

Richard P. Noland, Robert R. Morrow, Laurel W. Glassman, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Washington, D.C., were counsel, for intervenor-appellant, Texas City Refining, Inc.

Alvin B. Gibson, Shell Oil Company, Houston, Tex., and Stephen E. Herrmann, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., were counsel, for intervenor-appellant, Shell Oil Co.

Stephen H. Bard, Texaco, Inc., White Plains, N.Y., was counsel, for plaintiff-appellee, Texaco, Inc.

John P. Mathis and Catherine C. Wakelyn, Baker & Botts, Washington, D.C., were counsel, for plaintiffs-appellees, Pennzoil Co. and Tenneco Oil Co.

Leonard P. Steuart, II, President, Independent Fuel Terminal Operators Ass'n, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Independent Fuel Terminal Operators Assn.

Jacob Dweck and Beverly J. Rudy, Milgrim Thomajan Jacobs & Lee, P.C., Washington, D.C., and James P. Zakoura, Weeks, Thomas & Lysaught, Chartered, Kansas City, Kan., for amici curiae, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Farmland Industries, Inc., Farmers Union Cent. Exchange, Indiana Farm Bureau Co-op. Ass'n, Inc., and National Co-op. Refinery Ass'n.

Melvin Goldstein, Breed, Abbott & Morgan, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae, Cibro Petroleum Products, Inc., Crown Cent. Petroleum Corp., Hawaiian Independent Refinery, Inc., Howell Corp., Kentucky Oil and Refining Co., La Gloria Oil and Gas Co., Laketon Asphalt Refining, Inc., Little America Refining Co., Manatee Energy Co., Pester Refining Co., RMT Properties, Inc., Rock Island Refining Corp., Sabre Refining, Inc., Southern Union Refining Co., The Somerset Refinery, Inc., and Young Refining Corp.

Paul J. Mode, Jr. and Bruce E. Coolidge, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., and Same A. Snyder and Anthony G. Melas, of counsel, Union Oil Co. of California, Los Angeles, Cal., for amicus curiae, Union Oil Co. of California.

Craig G. Goodman and Marcy J. Firth, Mitchell Energy Corp., The Woodlands, Tex., for amicus curiae, Mitchell Energy Corp.

Edwin Jason Dryer, Jack L. Lahr and Dennis A. Henigan, Foley & Lardner, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae, Southland Oil Co.

Lyle Schlyer, USA Petroleum Co., Santa Monica, Cal., for amicus curiae, USA Petroleum Co.

Ronald C. Barker, Salt Lake City, Utah, for amicus curiae, Caribou Four Corners, Inc.

Thomas D. Manford III, Darci L. Rock and Gerard R. McConnell, Bracewell & Patterson, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae, The Louisiana Land and Exploration Co.

Before METZNER, THORNBERRY and POINTER, Judges.


POINTER, Judge.

Executive Order 12287 exempted as of January 28, 1981, all crude oil and refined petroleum products from further price and allocation controls under the EPAA.1 Plaintiffs brought these actions to challenge the subsequent decision of the Department of Energy (DOE) not to publish a list of entitlements under the EPAA for the first twenty-seven days of January 1981 or a "clean-up...

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