United States v. Merit Petroleum, Inc.

WESLEY E. BROWN, Judge.

This is an action to enforce an administrative subpoena issued by the United States Department of Energy in August, 1981, in connection with an audit of Merit Petroleum which began in November, 1978. Merit appeals from an Order of the District Court entered on August 17, 1983, enforcing the subpoena upon a finding that Merit had “refused, without good cause, to produce records as required,” by the 1981 subpoena.

In order to illustrate the nature of the delay which has occurred in this case, the Court will set out briefly the background of this appeal.

In November, 1978, a…