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EXXON CORP. v. F. T. C.

Civ. A. No. 75-167.

411 F.Supp. 1362 (1976)

EXXON CORPORATION et al., Plaintiffs, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

January 30, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Herlihy, Jr., of Herlihy & Herlihy, Wilmington, Del., for Exxon Corp.; William Simon, John S. Kingdon, Robert G. Abrams, and Robert J. Brookhiser of Howrey & Simon, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

James M. Tunnell, Jr., of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Del., for Texaco, Gulf Oil and Shell Oil; Robert F. McGinnis, William C. Weitzel, Jr., and Philip W. Schaefer, New York City; Milton Handler, Fred A. Freund, and Milton J. Schubin of Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City of counsel, for Texaco; Jesse P. Luton, Jr., John E. Bailey, and W. Bernard Fudge, Houston, Tex., of counsel, for Gulf Oil; Edward F. Howrey, J. Wallace Adair, Keith E. Pugh, Jr., and James R. Fox, Washington, D. C., of counsel, for Shell Oil.

W. Laird Stabler, Jr., U. S. Atty., and Kent Walker, Asst. U. S. Atty., Wilmington, Del., for defendants; Robert J. Lewis, Gen. Counsel, Gerald P. Norton, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Gerald Harwood, Asst. Gen. Counsel and John T. Fischbach, F. T. C., Washington, D. C., of counsel.

OPINION

CALEB M. WRIGHT, Senior District Judge.

This is an effort by certain major oil producing and marketing corporations to appeal an interlocutory order entered by an Administrative Law Judge and affirmed by the Federal Trade Commission. Although the factual background is not complex, certain facets of the case, including the order issued, are novel. An understanding of the background of the case is therefore necessary to an understanding of the ruling...

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