GREATER ROCKFORD ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY CORP., Shepherd Oil Inc., Vidalia Ethanol, Ltd., Alpebo, Inc., Shreveport Ethanol, Inc., Lakefield Ethanol, Inc., A.E. Montana, Inc., Cepo, Inc., Texas Ethanol Producers, Wurster Oil Co., High Plains Corporation, Cajun Energy, Inc., Public Terminals, Inc., and People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiffs,
v.
SHELL OIL COMPANY, Marathon Petroleum Company, Amoco Oil Company, Chevron, U.S.A., Inc., Atlantic Richfield Co., B.P. America, Citgo Petroleum Corp., Diamond Shamrock R & M, Inc., Exxon Company USA, Mobil Corporation and Sinclair Oil Corp., Defendants.
United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Springfield Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 24, 1992.
April 24, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Wendell W. Wright, Wright & Wright, Danville, Ill., Bob F. Wright, Domengeaux & Wright, Lafayette, La., Lloyd W. Gathings, Gathings & Davis, Birmingham, Ala., Gregg R. Potvin, Taylor Thiemann & Aitken, Washington, D.C., Wayne M. Liao, Spiegel Liao & Kagay, San Francisco, Cal., for Greater Rockford Energy & Technology Corp., Vidalia Ethanol Ltd., Alpebo, Inc., Shreveport Ethanol, Inc., Lakefield Ethanol, Inc., A.E. Montana, Inc., Cepo, Inc., Texas Ethanol Producers, Wurster Oil Co., Inc. and High Plains Corp.
Peter M. Sfikas, Peterson & Ross, Chicago, Ill., Carl D. Haggard, Shell Oil Co., A.M. Minotti, Shell Oil Co., Ann Spiegel, Houston, Tex., for Shell Oil Co.
John H. Stroh, Dan D. Sandman, Findlay, Ohio, Ronald Teeple, John Leonard, Defrees & Fiske, Chicago, Ill., for Marathon Petroleum Co.
Thomas A. Gottschalk, David A. Rammelt, J. Andrew Langan, Kirkland & Ellis, Martin J. Keating, Michael E. Rigney, Chicago, Ill., Robert E. Gillespie, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Springfield, Ill., Amy J. Berenson, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, D.C., for Amoco Oil Co.
Thomas W. Kelty, Pfeifer & Kelty P.C., Springfield, Ill., John E. Bailey, Keith E. Parks, Mark A. Cervenka, Chevron Corp., David L. Ream, Houston, Tex., John H. Long, Long Morris Myers & Rabin P.C., Springfield, Ill., for Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
Donald A. Brigh, Dean M. Harris, Atlantic Richfield Co., Los Angeles, Cal., for Atlantic Richfield Co.
Joseph Dattilo, Cleveland, Ohio, for B.P. America.
Robert G. Abrams, Joanne E. Caruso, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D.C., for Exxon Co. USA.
Jeffery M. Cross, Patrick J. Ahern, Mary Clare Bonaccorsi, Ross & Hardies, Chicago, Ill., Edward H. Beck, Fairfax, Va., R. Gerald Barris, Sorling Northrup Hanna Cullen & Cochran, Ltd., Springfield, Ill., for Mobil Oil Corp.
A. James Shafter, Kehart Shafter Hughes & Webber P.C., Scott A. Roberts, Decatur, Ill., for Archer Daniels Midland Co.
Neil Hartigan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Springfield, Ill., Bart T. Murphy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert E. Davy, Jr., Lison & Pullman, John McCaffrey, Atty. Gen. Office, Citizens Rights Div., Chicago, Ill., for the People of State of Ill.
Leslie J. Schiff, D. Patrick Keating, Sandoz, Sandoz & Schiff, Opelousas, La., for Cajun Energy, Inc., and Public Terminals Inc.
David R. Samuelsen, Poole & Samuelsen, Boise, Idaho, for Ethanol Marketing.
United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Springfield Division.
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