Legal Opinion
Helmerich & Payne v. Colorado Interstate Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided December 3, 1962No. 27PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*290SOUTHERLAND, C. J. (for a majority of the Court):
In the court below Colorado Interstate Gas Company filed an action at law against Helmerich & Payne, Inc., to recover alleged overpayments for natural gas purchased by Colorado and paid for by Helmerich.
The pertinent facts are these:
Colorado is an interstate pipeline company; Helmerich is a producer of natural gas. In 1947 and 1948 they entered into three contracts for the purchase of gas by Colorado from Helmerich. The price fixed was 6c per 1000 cubic feet measured at specified presssures.
A series of orders regulating the production and sale…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Natural Gas Pipeline Co. v. Panoma Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Wise v. Delaware Steeplechase & Race Ass'nSupreme Court of Delaware · 1945
- Garanflo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1917
- Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America v. HarringtonDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1956
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Fleer Corp. v. Topps Chewing Gum, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1988
- Clark v. Teeven Holding Co., Inc.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1992
- Western Natural Gas Co. v. Cities Service Gas Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1964
- Crawford v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 2004
- Helmerich & Payne v. Colorado Interstate Gas Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1962