Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Joel M. Cockrell (argued), Andrea Wolfman, Jerome M. Feit, Sol., F.E.R.C., Washington, D.C., for F.E.R.C.
Charles M. Darling, IV (argued), Stephen L. Teichler, Washington, D.C., John Chapman, Houston, Tex., for Pennzoil Oil Co.
Thomas G. Johnson, Shell Oil Co., Houston, Tex., Robert A. Hasty, Jr., for Shell Oil Co.
Jon L. Brunenkant, Washington, D.C., for Hunt Oil Co.
Baker & Botts, Houston, Tex., Cecil W. Talley, Stephen M. Hackerman, for United Gas Pipe Line Co.
Hargrove, Guyton, Ramey & Barlow, Shreveport, La., Thomas J. Wyatt, for Norton Oil Co., Huggs, Inc., Par Oil Corp.
Sherman S. Poland, Washington, D.C., for Logue and Patterson Inc.
Grant & Dean, Walter C. Dunn, Jr., Monroe, La., for Sho-Van Gas Producing Co., Inc., Primos.
Baker & Botts, Stephen L. Teichler, Washington, D.C., for Tenneco Oil Co., Et Al.
Gail S. Gilman (argued) Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Washington, D.C., for M.D. Abel Co.
Minard & Mixon, Columbia, La., James E. Mixon, for John H. McCarter, Jr.
Allan W. Anderson, Jr., Washington, D.C., for The Maurice L. Brown Co.
J. Paul Douglas (argued), Michael Maloney, Arco Oil & Gas Co., Dallas, Tex., Grove, Jaskiewicz, Gilliam & Cobert, Washington, D.C., for Arco Oil & Gas Co.
Edmunds Travis, Jr., Exxon Corp., Houston, Tex., Douglas W. Rasch, for Exxon Corp.
Grove, Jaskiewicz, Gilliam, Washington, D.C., Steven R. Severy, Marathon Oil Co., Findlay, Ohio, for Marathon Oil.
Ronald D. Hurst, Paul W. Hicks, Dallas, Tex., for Placid Oil Co.
Craig W. Hulvey, Washington, D.C., for Relco Exploration Co. and The Harold L. Woods Group.
Gail S. Gilman, Washington, D.C., Paul W. Fox., for Clemco, Inc. and Tyler Oil and Gas, Inc.
Albert Sylvia, III, Lois Ellen Gold, Los Angeles, Ca., for Union Oil of California.
Carmen Chidester Farrell, Tulsa, Okl., for Cities Service Oil and Gas Corp.
Anthony V. Sorrentino, Houston, Tex., David R. Stevenson, for Gulf Oil Corp.
Jennifer A. Cates, C.J. Roberts, Larry Pain, Bartlesville, Okl., for Phillips Petroleum Co.
Robert D. Haworth, Edgar K. Parks, Houston, Tex., for Mobil Oil Corp.
Karen A. Berndt, Merrill E. Fliederbaum, Houston, Tex., for Texaco, Inc.
Lawrence E. Glenn, Houston, Tex., for Robert W. Anderson.
Thomas H. Burton, Carolyn S. Hazel, Houston, Tex., for Conoco, Inc.
Before Clark, Chief Judge, and BROWN and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.