Mid-America Pipeline Co. v. Iowa State Commerce Commission

This is the second time the controversy between the plaintiff, Mid-America Pipeline Company, hereinafter known as Mid-America, and the defendant Northern Gas Products Company, hereinafter known as Northern, has been before us. See Mid-America Pipeline Co. v. Iowa State Commerce Commission and Northern Gas Products Co., 253 Iowa 1143, 114 N.W.2d 622. In each case the Iowa State Commerce Commission, hereinafter known as the commission, has been involved somewhat in the role of the innocent bystander who finds himself embroiled in a battle in which he has no personal interest.

The first case…