Legal Opinion
Maryland People's Counsel v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 10, 1985No. 84-1019PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SCALIA.
SCALIA, Circuit Judge:
This is a challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval of what it described as an “experimental increase in [natural gas] pipeline competition.” That increase was to be achieved by agreement of a pipeline and its producers to amend the high-priced gas purchase contracts entered into between them in earlier years, so as to permit the producers to sell the committed gas elsewhere (at current market prices), crediting the volume of such sales against the pipeline’s high-priced purchase obligations. This…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Frank B. James v. United States Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
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