U.S. v. CHEVRON U.S.A., INC.

No. 98-40364.

186 F.3d 644 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHEVRON U.S.A., INCORPORATED; Chevron Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 24, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Clair, Barbara C. Biddle, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., App. Staff, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Robert E. Meadows, Gardere, Wynne, Sewell & Riggs, Houston, TX, Stephen Richard Ward, Patricia Dunmire Bragg, Gardere & Wynne, Tulsa, OK, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before JONES, DUHE and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.


RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

Concerning the alleged underpayment of royalties to the Government for production under federal oil and gas leases, chiefly at issue is the authority of the Inspector General (IG) for the Department of the Interior to subpoena documents from Chevron (pursuant to a district court enforcement order; Chevron has complied), Chevron having provided many of the same documents in other contexts not only to the Department of the Interior...

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