Shell Oil Company v. Department of Energy

450 U.S. 1024

101 S.Ct. 1730

68 L.Ed.2d 219

SHELL OIL COMPANY et al.

v.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY et al

No. 80-924

Supreme Court of the United States

March 23, 1981

On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.

The Energy Information Administration of the Department of Energy (DOE) compels 27 energy-producing companies, including petitioners, to submit data in response to 7,200 individual requests for information about their operations. These data concern virtually all aspects of these companies' finances. Upon…