Atlas Pipe Line Co. v. Sterling

Plaintiff, á common carrier pipe line company engaged in transporting oil in interstate commerce, complains of the orders and actions of the Railroad Commission in connection with its efforts to prevent wasteful practices in the East Texas oil fields, as violative, as to it, of the commerce clause and of the Fourteenth Amendment.

The orders and actions specifically complained of are: (1) The order of the commission requiring it to install meters to enable the commission to determine the amount of oil transported by it; (2) the orders requiring it to file with the commission, on various forms,…