Legal Opinion
Northern Natural Gas Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 4, 1991No. Nos. 88-1042, 88-2195 and 88-2588PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is a procedurally complex case about a fairly straightforward question. Were it not for the inches-deep stack of briefs and records of a years-long controversy confronting us and earnestly urging contradictory applications of the same statute and caselaw, we might be tempted to give too simple an answer.
The question is whether the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) may, in implementing its “Open Access Order No. 436,” 1 regulate the rates that natural *1263gas pipeline companies charge third-party interstate transportation shippers for moving…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Colorado Interstate Gas Co. v. Federal Power CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Russell B. Vinnedge v. G. W. Gibbs, Superintendent of Jails, Department of Corrections for the State of VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- Northern Natural Gas Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Reginald Lonnel CrayCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2012