Cities Service Gas Co. v. State Corporation Commission

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

This court is asked by the State Corporation Commission to review an order issued on April 28, 1965, by which the commission asserted jurisdiction over all interstate natural gas pipeline companies operating within Kansas which make direct mainline sales of natural gas to Kansas industrial consumers from their facilities located within the state. The district court held the order to be invalid and void and directed that it be set aside. The commission has appealed.

The proceeding out of which this appeal arises was commenced *225on January 21,…