Legal Opinion
Phillips Petroleum Company, a Delaware Corporation v. Federal Power Commission, the State of New Mexico, Intervenors
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 10, 1973No. 71-1659, 71-1739, 72-1134 and 72-1167PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.
The Phillips Petroleum Company, together with the several intervenors, all independent producers of natural gas in the Rocky Mountain area, seek review of an order of the Federal Power Commission promulgating a rulemaking procedure for the fixing of rates of natural gas sales in interstate commerce pursuant to the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. § 717 and, particularly, §§ 4 and 5 of the Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 717c and 717d, which grants the Commission the authority to establish “just and reasonable rates.”
The peculiar aspect of this case is that the Commission has…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Morgan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
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3Cited by41 opinions
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