Legal Opinion
Mississippi Power & Light Company v. United Gas Pipe Line Company, State of Mississippi, Plaintiff-Intervenor
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 27, 1976No. 75-2316PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal involves another facet of the problems created by the national energy shortage. Specifically, this litigation was commenced by Mississippi Power and Light Co. (MP&L) for breach of contract against one of the major natural gas pipeline companies, United Gas Pipeline Co. (United) and its former parent, Pennzoil Co. Alleging failure to supply the amounts of gas provided by the contract and basing its action solely on state law, MP&L brought a diversity action against United and Pennzoil in the United States District Court for the Southern District of…
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