Legal Opinion
Boston Gas Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Algonquin Gas Transmission Company, Intervenors
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 12, 1978No. 77-1473PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
Because of shortages in the supply of natural gas, the Federal Power Commission in 1971 began issuing orders to gas pipeline operators to regulate the curtailment of the delivery of gas to their customers. In 1973 the Commission refined its policy by dividing the end users of natural gas into nine categories ranked in order of supply priority. Pipeline operators were to obtain from their wholesale customers a breakdown of their sales by gas end use in each of the nine priority categories for a base year. Curtailment of gas supply was then to be imposed on the pipeline’s…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- City Of Pittsburgh v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- City of Pittsburgh v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Public Service Commission v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Carter/mondale Presidential Committee, Inc. v. Federal Election CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Ecee, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Associated Gas Distributors v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- Cities of Campbell and Thayer, Missouri v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Arkansas Power & Light Company, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
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