Energy Consumers & Producers Ass'n v. Department of Energy
Energy Consumers & Producers Assn., Inc. v. Department of Energy
Energy Consumers & Producers Ass'n v. Dep't of Energy, 449 U.S. 832 (1980)
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Temp. Emerg. Ct. App. Certiorari denied.
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(imposing Rule 37 sanctions for failure to obey court order to answer interrogatories truthfully)
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(the court found an implicit condition in any order to answer interrogatories is that the answer be true, responsive and complete)
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(conclusory allegations by agency of impairment to obtain similar information in future — not “plausibly supported in some detail” — are insufficient)
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(Ohio v. Arthur Andersen noted as being contrary to court's decision)
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(sanctioned party requested appellate court to vacate district court's sanction order for lying in interrogatory answers, and court of appeals refused where determining truth or falsity of answers would require it to evaluate the merits of the underlying action)
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