Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Federal Trade Commission

MEMORANDUM AND OPINION

CARL O. BUE, Jr., District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff has filed suit in this Court seeking to enjoin the defendant Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and defendant members of the Commission from attempting to enforce a subpoena duces tecum issued to plaintiff pursuant to an investigation of the natural gas industry-being conducted by the FTC. Plaintiff also seeks to enjoin three other corporations, defendants Getty Oil Company (“Getty”), Continental Oil Company (“Conoco”) and Cities Service Company (“Citgo”), from complying with similar FTC subpoenas issued to them…