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EXXON SHIPPING CO. v. U.S. DEPT. OF INTERIOR

No. 94-35140.

34 F.3d 774 (1994)

EXXON SHIPPING CO.; Exxon Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR; Department of Agriculture; Secretary of Health & Human Services; United States Department of Commerce; National Marine Fisheries Service; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 29, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Edward Bruce, Robert A. Long, Jr., John F. Duffy, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Andrew C. Mergen, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees.

Before: A. GOODWIN, D.W. NELSON, and HALL, Circuit Judges.

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Exxon Corp. and Exxon Shipping Co. ("Exxon") appeal the dismissal of their complaint against five federal administrative agencies and their employees seeking to compel discovery. Exxon made the discovery requests as part of its defense in an underlying damage action arising out of the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

The government instructed eight federal employees not to submit to depositions and restricted the testimony of two others...

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