TESORO PETROLEUM CORP. v. STATE

No. S-9379.

42 P.3d 531 (2002)

TESORO PETROLEUM CORPORATION and Tesoro Alaska Company, Appellants, v. STATE of Alaska and Bruce M. Botelho, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of Alaska, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 15, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas J. Serdahely, Patton Boggs, LLP, Anchorage, and James C. Slaughter, Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP, Houston, TX, for Appellants.

Douglas Gardner, Assistant Attorney General, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellees.

Before FABE, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, BRYNER, and CARPENETI, Justices.


OPINION

FABE, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Tesoro Petroleum Company challenges the civil investigative demand (CID) served on the company by Alaska's attorney general as part of an investigation into gasoline prices. Tesoro contends that the CID was overbroad and that the State impermissibly disclosed to outside counsel documents that Tesoro produced in response to the CID. Because Spencer Hosie, outside counsel to the attorney...

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