Legal Opinion
R. L. Backus v. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, a Foreign Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1977No. 76-1301PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit by an Oklahoma farmer to compel an interstate pipeline to furnish him gas for the operation of irrigation pumps and to recover damages for failure to deliver gas. The district court granted judgment for the plaintiff on the ground that an Oklahoma statute required that the gas be furnished. The pipeline appeals. We reverse.
Plaintiff-appellee Backus owns and farms the SWV4 of section 30 and NWVi of section 31, Texas County, Oklahoma. In 1966, and for several years thereafter, he also rented and farmed the NEV4 of section 31 owned by Charles Reust.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Hines v. DavidowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Perez. v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Federal Power Commission v. Natural Gas Pipeline Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Pennsylvania v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Public Service Commission of Kentucky v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- City of Farmington, New Mexico v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Amoco Production Company, Amoco Gas Company, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
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