UNITED STATES v. SUTTON

Nos. 10-57, 10-58.

795 F.2d 1040 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant. v. Robert B. SUTTON, Sutton Investments, Inc., Scurry Oil Company, BPM, Ltd., and Sooner Refining Company, Inc., Defendants-Appellants and Cross-Appellees.

Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals.

Decided June 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Bramblett, Jr., Charles C. Frederiksen, Eliot D. Shavin, Sharon N. Freytag of Haynes & Boone, Dallas, Tex., for appellant corporate defendants.

Mitchell B. Lansden, Baton Rouge, La., for appellant Robert B. Sutton.

Thomas C. Newkirk, Larry P. Ellsworth, Floyd I. Robinson, Marcia K. Sowles, Beth N. Mizuno, Rodney L. Solenberger, Patricia D. Graham, Erich T. Schwartz, of the Economic Regulatory Admin., Dept. of Energy, Washington, D.C., for appellee, U.S. of America;

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

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

Alphonse M. Alfano, Robert S. Bassman, Douglas B. Mitchell, Bassman, Mitchell & Alfano, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae, the Petroleum Marketers Ass'n of America and the Jobbers' Group.

James F. Flug, Paula Dinerstein, Lobel, Novins & Lamont, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae, the States of Ala., Cal., Conn., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Md., Mich., Miss., Mont., Ohio, Vt., Wis., Wyo., and N.Y.

Irwin I. Kimmelman, Atty. Gen. of N.J., Newark, N.J., and Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen. of Tex., Austin, Tex., for amici curiae "The Interested States."

Before GARZA, BROWN, and POINTER, Judges.


WESLEY E. BROWN, Judge.

These appeals arise from an action for restitution filed in the Northern District of Oklahoma by the United States against defendant appellants Robert B. Sutton, Sutton Investments, Inc., BPM, Limited, Scurry Oil Company and Sooner Refining Company, pursuant to the provisions of Section 209 of the Economic Stabilization Act ("ESA"), as amended, 12 U.S.C. Sec. 1904 note, as incorporated in Section 5(a)(1) of the Emergency Petroleum Allocation...

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