U.S. EX REL. JOHNSON v. SHELL OIL CO.

No. Civ.A. 9:96 CV 66.

26 F.Supp.2d 923 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel., J. Benjamin JOHNSON, Jr., et al. v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Lufkin Division.

September 11, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clayton Edward Dark, Jr., Clayton E. Dark, Jr., Attorney, Lufkin, TX, Thomas Walter Umphrey, Michael A. Havard, Provost & Umphrey, Beaumont, TX, Rayford Lee Etherton, Jr., Etherton Smith, Mobile, AL, John Michael Fincher, Attorney at Law, Mobile, AL, Reuben A. Guttman, Provost & Umphrey, Washington, DC, Scott A. Powell, Don McKenna, Hare Wynn Newell & Newton, Birmingham, AL, James Burdette Helmer, Jr., Helmer Lugbill Martin & Morgan Co., Cincinnati, OH, for J. Benjamin Johnson, Jr., John M. Martineck.

Claude Edward Welch, John Wesley Tunnell, Law Offices of Claude E. Welch, Lufkin, TX, Harold Wayne Nix, Nix Law Firm, Daingerfield, TX, Michael Bryan Angelovich, The Nix Law Firm, San Antonio, TX, for Harrold E. "Gene" Wright.

Carl A. Parker, Parker Parks & Rosenthal, Port Arthur, TX, Wayne A. Reaud, Reaud Morgan & Quinn, Beaumont, TX, Daniel William Packard, Packard & Packard, Beaumont, TX, Von G. Packard, Packard Packard & Johnson, Palo Alto, CA, Lon D. Packard, Packard Packard & Johnson, Salt Lake City, UT, for Leonard Brock, Danielle Brian, Project on Government Oversight.

Olen Kenneth Dodd, AUSA, U.S. Attorney's Office, Beaumont, TX, John Michael Bradford, U.S. Attorney, Beaumont, TX, Robert J. McAulisse, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Dodge Wells, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for United States.

George Edward Pickle, Jr., Ann Spiegel, Shell Oil Co. Legal Department, Houston, TX, James Stephen Roper, Zeleskey Cornelius Hallmark Roper & Hicks, Lufkin, TX, Daniel M. McClure, Richard N. Carrell, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, Brian C. Elmer, Thomas P. Humphrey, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC, L. Poe Leggett, Jackson & Kelly, Washington, DC, for Shell Oil Company, Shell Deepwater Production Inc., Shell Offshore Ventures Inc., Shell Oil Products Co., Shell Western Exploration & Production Inc., Shell Exploration and Production Inc., Shell Consolidated Energy Resources Inc., Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc., Shell Land and Energy Co., Shell Offshore Inc.

Thomas T. Hutcheson, Liddell Sapp Zivley Hill & LaBoon, Houston, TX, Michael Lee Homeyer, Amoco Corp., Houston, TX, Kenzy Donovan Hallmark, Zeleskey Cornelius Hallmark Roper & Hicks, Lufkin, TX, Frank Cicero, Jr., Steven Craig Coberly, David J. Zott, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, William John Noble, Amoco Corporation, Chicago, IL, for Amoco Corporation, Amoco Co., Amoco Oil Co., Amoco Production Co., Amoco Supply & Trading Co., Amoco Pipeline Co., Amoco Petroleum Products.

Russell Dwight Howell, Conoco Inc., Legal Dept., Houston, TX, James Stephen Roper, Zeleskey Cornelius Hallmark Roper & Hicks, Lufkin, TX, Daniel M. McClure, Richard N. Carrell, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, George J. Terwilliger, III, McGuire Woods Battle & Boothe LLP, Washington, DC, for Conoco Inc.

Thomas H. Owen, Jr., Burlington Resources Inc., Houston, TX, Taylor Mayo Hicks, Hicks Thomas & Lilienstern, Houston, TX, John T. Boese, Anthony S. Yoo, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, Washington, DC, for Burlington Resources Inc., Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company, Burlington Resources Marketing Inc., Burlington Resources Offshore Inc., Burlington Resources Trading Inc., Meridian Oil Inc., Meridian Oil Marketing Inc., Meridian Oil Services Inc., Meridian Oil Trading Inc., Meridian Oil Production Inc., Meridian Oil Holding Inc., Meridian Oil Offshore Inc.

Randall M. Ebner, Exxon Company USA, Houston, TX, Shannon H. Ratliff, McGinnis Lochridge & Kilgore, Austin, TX, for Exxon Corporation, Exxon Company USA, Exxon Exploration Company.

Michael Paul Graham, Baker & Botts, Houston, TX, Russell Dwight Howell, Conoco Inc., Legal Dept., Houston, TX, James Stephen Roper, Zeleskey Cornelius Hallmark Roper & Hicks, Lufkin, TX, Daniel M. McClure, Richard N. Carrell, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, George J. Terwilliger, III, McGuire Woods Battle & Boothe LLP, Washington, DC,, J. William Boland, Darryl S. Lew, McGuire Woods Battle & Boothe LLP, Washington, DC, for Chevron Corporation, Chevron USA Inc., Chevron Oil Company, Chevron USA Production Co., Chevron Products Company, Chevron Oil Trading Company Inc.

Jefferson Gregory Copeland, Baker & Botts, Houston, TX, Rufus W. Oliver, III, Baker & Botts, Houston, TX, Robert J. Pickens, Marathron Oil Company, Houston TX, for Marathon Oil Co., Marathon Oil-Refining Transportation & Marketing, Marathon Petroleum Co.

John Harrell Feldt, Andrew McCollam, Richard H. Page, III, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, James Allen Drexler, Unocal, Sugarland, TX, for Union Oil Company of California, Unocal Corporation, Unocal Exploration Corp.

Ronald Earl Cook, Cook & Roach, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Howard J. Nichols, Squire Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, OH, for BP America Inc., BP Chemical Inc., BP Exploration & Oil Inc., BP North American Petroleum Inc., BP Oil Company, BP Exploration Inc., BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., BP Oil Supply Company.

Richard W. Beckler, Fulbright & Jaworski, Washington, DC, James Stephen Roper, Zeleskey Cornelius Hallmark Roper & Hicks, Lufkin, TX, Eric Anthony Allen, Phillips Petroleum Corp., Bartlesville, OK, Daniel M. McClure, Richard N. Carrell, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, for Phillips Petroleum Company, Phillips 66 Co., Phillips Oil Co.

Richard W. Beckler, Fulbright & Jaworski, Washington, DC, James Stephen Roper, Zeleskey Cornelius Hallmark Roper & Hicks, Lufkin, TX, Daniel M. McClure, Richard N. Carrell, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, for Kerr-McGee Corp., Kerr-McGee Oil Industries Inc., Kerr-McGee Petroleum Exploration and Production, Kerr-McGee Petroleum Exploration & Production Co., Kerr-McGee Refining Corp.

Tyler Alexander Baker, Fletcher L. Yarbrough, Kenneth E. Carroll, Carrington Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal LLP, Dallas, TX, Linda A. Allen, Pennzoil Exploration and Production Co., Houston, TX, John McDonald, Jackson & Kelly, Washington, DC, for Pennzoil Company, Pennzoil Exploration and Production Co., Pennzoil Petroleum Co., Pennzoil Producing Co., Pennzoil United Inc., Pennzoil Products Company, Pennzoil Louisiana and Texas Offshore Inc.

William Raymond Stoughton, Kristen Garvey Schulz, McKenna & Cuneo, Dallas, TX, Taylor Mayo Hicks, Hicks Thomas & Lilienstern, Houston, TX, Mark R. Troy, McKenna & Cuneo, Los Angeles, CA, Becky McGee, Oryx Energy Company, Dallas, TX, for Oryx Energy Co., Oryx Crude Trading and Transportation Inc.

Max Hendrick, III, James Daniel Thompson, III, Susan Schmidt Pie, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, for Sun Company Inc. (R & M).

Claudia Wilson Frost, Baker & Botts, Houston, TX, Oliver S. Howard, M. Benjamin Singletary, Gable Gotwals Mock Schwabe, Kihle Gaberino, Tulsa, OK, Peter J. Levin, Pierson Semmes and Bemis, Washington, DC, for Oxy USA Inc., Oxy Petrochemicals Inc.

David Richard Woodward, Larry William Johnson, Robert G. Buchanan, Jr., Cowles & Thompson, Dallas, TX, for Canadianoxy Offshore Production Company.

George Edmond Chandler, Chandler Law Offices, Lufkin, TX, Raymond Doak Bishop, Weston C. Loegering, MaryAnn Joerres, Hughes & Luce, Dallas, TX, Darrin M. Walker, Chandler Law Offices, Lufkin, TX, Regina Cooper Himelfarb, Attorney at Law, Fort Worth, TX, for Union Pacific Corporation, Union Pacific Fuels Inc., Union Pacific Resources Co., Union Pacific Austin Chalk Co., Union Pacific Resources Group Company, Union Pacific Oil and Gas Company.

James Stephen Roper, Zeleskey Cornelius Hallmark Roper & Hicks, Lufkin, TX, for All Defts Except.

Roger Neil Moss, Attorney at Law, Lufkin, TX, Karen L. Manos, Alan M. Grimaldi, Charles J. Engel, III, Kristen S. Scammon, Howrey & Simon, Washington, DC, Bob F. Wright, Domengeaux Wright & Roy, Lafayette, LA, Michael Van Ardoin, Attorney at Law, Lafayette, LA, Robert K. Hammack, Attorney at Law, Lafayette, LA, for Texaco Inc., Texaco Exploration & Production Inc., Texaco Trading & Transportation, Inc., Texaco Oil Trading & Supply Company, Texaco Producing Inc., Texaco Refining & Marketing, Inc., Four Star Oil and Gas Company.


ORDER

HANNAH, District Judge.

Before the Court is the Motion of the Texaco Defendants1 ("Texaco") to Dismiss the Relators' Second Consolidated Complaint and the Complaint of the United States for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction or, in the Alternative, on Primary Jurisdiction Grounds (Doc. # 270). After review of the motion, the response of the Relators and the Government, and the reply of Defendants, it is the opinion...

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