Legal Opinion
Cities Service Gas Co. v. Peerless Oil & Gas Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 11, 1950No. 153PublishedCited by 133 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
The issue in this case is the power of a state to fix prices at the wellhead on natural gas produced within its borders and sold interstate. It originates from proceedings before the Oklahoma Corporation Commission which terminated with the promulgation of two orders. The first order set a minimum wellhead price on all gas taken from the Guymon-Hugoton Field, located in Texas County, Oklahoma. The second directed Cities Service, a producer in this field and operator of an interstate gas pipe-line system, to take gas ratably from Peerless, another producer in the same field, at the price…
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