Legal Opinion
Louisiana Power & Light Company v. United Gas Pipe Line Company, Federal Power Commission, Intervenor
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 6, 1972No. 71-2550PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge:
The present nationwide shortage of natural gas generated this controversy. 1 First, we must make a construction of the Natural Gas Act 2 which will properly balance that Act’s grant of jurisdictional power to the Federal Power Commission (FPC) over the transportation of natural gas in interstate commerce with the equally explicit Congressional directive that the Act shall not apply to so-called direct sales of gas — sales which are for consumptive use by the purchaser rather than for resale to others. This requires a determination of whether the grant of transportation…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Federal Power Commission v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co. v. Federal Power CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Federal Power Commission v. East Ohio Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Southern Louisiana Area Rate Cases, Austral Oil Co. v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Federal Power Commission v. Louisiana Power & Light Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- International Paper Company v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Mobil Oil Corporation v. Federal Power Commission, Associated Gas Distributors, Intervenor. Mobil Oil Corporation v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Louisiana Power & Light Company v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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