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PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMIN.

Civ. A. Nos. 77-90, 77-130, 77-131, 77-144 and 77-155.

435 F.Supp. 1234 (1977)

PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION, Defendant. TENNECO OIL COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION et al., Defendants. PENNZOIL COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION et al., Defendants. COASTAL STATES GAS CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION et al., Defendants. CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL ENERGY ADMINISTRATION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

June 27, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Samuel Arsht and William O. LaMotte, III of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Del., for all plaintiffs.

Paul J. Mode, Jr., Michael S. Helfer and Alan B. Sternstein of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D. C., for Phillips Petroleum Co.

John P. Mathis of Baker & Botts, Washington, D. C., for Tenneco Oil Co. and Pennzoil Co.

David J. Beck, Laurance C. Mosher, Jr., and J. Todd Shields of Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., for Coastal States Gas Corp.

Rush Moody, Jr., Michael J. Henke and P. Shaun Burns of Vinson & Elkins, Washington, D. C., for Continental Oil Co.

James W. Garvin, Jr., U. S. Atty., and John H. McDonald, Asst. U. S. Atty., Wilmington, Del., Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Stanley D. Rose, C. Max Vassanelli and Robert E. Richardson, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

LATCHUM, Chief Judge.

Five oil companies1 have brought these actions to challenge the defendant Federal Energy Administration's ("FEA")2 interpretation and anticipated application of a regulatory scheme governing the method by which the plaintiffs raised the prices of their petroleum products as a result of increased costs incurred during a thirteen month period between January 1, 1975 and February 1, 1976...

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