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Temp. Emerg. Ct. App. · 1977 · confidence medium
In United States v. Empire Gas Corp., supra, this court decided that Oklahoma Press v. Walling, 327 U.S. 186, 209 , 66 S.Ct. 494 , 90 L.Ed. 614 (1945), had settled the point that it was enough “that the investigation be for a lawfully authorized purpose within the power of Congress to command” and that Endicott Johnson Corp. v. Perkins, 317 U.S. 501, 509 , 63 S.Ct. 339 , 87 L.Ed. 424 (1943), would require the district court to enforce an agency subpoena if the evidence sought was not “plainly incompetent or irrelevant to any lawful purpose.” On the basis of United States v. Empire Gas,…
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United States
v.
Captain W. F. FREDEMAN, President of Port Arthur Towing Company and Palmer Midstream Services, Inc.
No. 5-19.
Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals.
Jan 3, 1977.
547 F.2d 1156
Barrie L. Goldstein, Dept, of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Rex E. Lee, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Stanley D. Rose, Washington, D. C., were on brief for appellant., W. Garney Griggs, Ross, Griggs & Harrison, Houston, Tex., was on brief for appellees.
Christensen, Estes, Jameson.
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PER CURIAM.

This appeal is controlled by the decision of this court in United States et al., v. Empire Gas Corporation et al., Em.App., 547 F.2d 1147, decided December 8, 1976. The Federal Energy Administration subpoena of April 16, 1976, in controversy was issued for a lawfully authorized purpose, is in all respects lawful and proper and should be enforced. Accordingly, the district court’s order of September 9,1976, appealed from is reversed and remanded with directions to enforce compliance with the Federal Energy Administration subpoena in controversy.

SO ORDERED.