Legal Opinion

Pennzoil Co. v. United States Department of Energy

Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals

Decided April 6, 1982No. 3-27PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CHRISTENSEN, Judge.

This action was brought in the district court by Pennzoil Company against the Department of Energy (DOE) and its Secretary 1 to attack the validity of a 1975 ruling of the Federal Energy Administration as “retroactively” applied to the crude oil production of the unitized Walker Creek Field operated by Pennzoil in the State of Arkansas. From a summary judgment adverse to it, Pennzoil has appealed.

*158The substantive problem presented here involves the regulatory definition of “property” in DOE’s administration of the “two-tier” crude oil pricing system. Proeedurally, the case…

2Cases cited53 opinions

  1. Skidmore v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
  3. Singleton v. WulffSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  5. Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Elnora G. POPE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
  2. United States v. Exxon Corp.Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals · 1985
  3. United States v. Exxon Corp.District Court, District of Columbia · 1983
  4. MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. GTE Northwest, Inc.District Court, D. Oregon · 1999
  5. MAPCO International Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionTemporary Emergency Court of Appeals · 1993

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