Coastal States Gas Corporation v. Department of Energy

Coastal States Gas Corporation (Coastal States) seeks to stay enforcement pending appeal of an adverse judgment rendered by the District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Judge John V. Singleton, Jr., presiding. In the trial court action, Coastal States sought to prevent the Department of Energy (DOE) from releasing any of its trade secrets and confidential and proprietary data to Alexander Grant & Company, a private accounting firm. On January 17, 1979, the DOE formally notified Coastal States that Alexander Grant & Company had contracted with the DOE to perform an audit of Coastal…