Legal Opinion
California v. Lo-Vaca Gathering Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 18, 1965No. 46PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
El Paso Natural Gas Co. is an interstate natural gas pipeline company that delivers gas at the Arizona-California border to three California distribution companies. The present controversy concerns gas to be purchased by it in Texas from Lo-Vaca Gathering Co. and Houston Pipe Line Co. Under Lo-Vaca’& contract gas produced in Texas is to be delivered to a subsidiary of El Paso’S at a Texas point for delivery, into its pipeline. The contract contains the following two clauses:
“All of the gas to be purchased by El Paso from Gatherer [Lo-Vaca] under this agreement shall be used by El Paso solely…
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