U.S. v. PANHANDLE EASTERN CORP.

Civ. A. No. 87-190-JLL.

693 F.Supp. 88 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. PANHANDLE EASTERN CORP., Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., Trunkline Gas Co., Trunkline LNG Co., General Dynamics Corp., Moore McCormack Resources, Inc., Moore McCormack LNG Transport, Inc., Morgas, Inc., Pantheon, Inc., Pelmar Co., and Lachmar, a Delaware General Partnership, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

August 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Carpenter, Jr., U.S. Atty., and Richard G. Andrews, Asst. U.S. Atty., Wilmington, Del., John R. Bolton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Robert M. Hollis, Gregory A. Harrison, J. Christopher Kohn and Andrea Larry, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., and Robert J. Patton, Jr., Richard Lorr and Jay Gordon, Maritime Admin., Washington, D.C., of counsel, for plaintiff.

Lawrence A. Hamermesh, Vicki A. Hagel and Leone L. Ciporin of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Del., Michael Joseph, Thomas M. Dyer, E. Alex Blanton, Marie Louise Hagen, and Brett M. Esber of Dyer, Ellis, Joseph & Mills, Washington, D.C., and Robert B. Von Mehren, Louis Begley and John S. Kiernan of Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, of counsel, for defendants Panhandle Eastern Corp., Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., Trunkline Gas Co., Trunkline LNG Co., Morgas, Inc., Pantheon, Inc., Pelmar Co., and Lachmar.

Richard A. Levine of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, Wilmington, Del., and Richard T. Franch, Robert T. Markowski, and Robert R. Stauffer of Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for defendant General Dynamics Corp.

Thomas Herlihy III of Herlihy & Wier, Wilmington, Del., and Ralph J. Savarese, Michael J. Hurley, and Thomas Horton of Howrey & Simon, Washington, D.C., of counsel, for defendants Moore McCormack Resources, Inc., and Moore McCormack LNG Transport, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

LATCHUM, Senior District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Once again before the Court is a matter arising from a civil action in which the United States, on behalf of the Maritime Administration ("Marad"), demands monetary, declaratory and equitable relief from Panhandle Eastern Corporation ("PEC") and its affiliates,1 General Dynamics Corporation ("General Dynamics"), Moore McCormack Resources, Inc. ("Moore...

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