Legal Opinion · Dissent
Iowa State Commerce Commission v. Office of the Federal Inspector of the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 6, 1984No. 83-2156Published
1DissentMikva, Circuit Judge
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The outcome of this case turns entirely on a difficult question of statutory construction. If, as the majority concludes, section 10 of the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act (ANGTA), 15 U.S.C. § 719h (1982), governs our review of the rate base determinations at issue in this case, we are precluded from reviewing the Federal Inspector’s (OFI) determinations for reasonableness or for substantial support on the record. See Earth Resources Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 617 F.2d 775, 777 (D.C.Cir.1980). Under such circumstances, the result reached by the majority is clearly…
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