Exxon Shipping Co. v. United States Department Of Interior

34 F.3d 774 39 ERC 1852 , 63 USLW 2161 , 29 Fed.R.Serv.3d 971, 24 Envtl. L. Rep. 21 ,380 EXXON SHIPPING CO.; Exxon Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR; Department of Agriculture; Secretary of Health & Human Services; United States Department of Commerce; National Marine Fisheries Service; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-35140. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 13, 1994. Decided Aug. 29, 1994. E. Edward Bruce, Robert A. Long, Jr., John F. Duffy, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs-appellants. Andrew C. Mergen, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Before: A. GOODWIN, D.W. NELSON, and HALL, Circuit Judges. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge: 1 Exxon Corp. and Exxon Shipping Co. ("Exxon") appeal the dismissal of their complaint against five federal administrative agencies and their employees seeking to compel discovery. Exxon made the discovery requests as part of its defense in an underlying…