Legal Opinion
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp. v. Amerada Hess Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 7, 1998No. 97-31037PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Amerada Hess Corp. appeals a summary judgment in favor of Texas Eastern Transmission Corp. This case requires us to interpret a gas substitution clause in a “take or pay,” gas purchase contract. Reading the contract as a whole, the district court concluded that the contract restricts the quantity of gas substituted from another lease to the amount of gas produced from the leaseholds and lands dedicated to the contract. We agree.
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Amerada Hess owns an undivided interest in the natural gas produced from a federal offshore mineral lease at South Pass Block…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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