Legal Opinion

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, a Division of Tenneco Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided October 28, 1988No. 87-1651PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge WALD.

WALD, Chief Judge:

This case concerns an appeal by Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. (“Tennessee”) of a sequence of orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) rejecting Tennessee’s proposal to modify its rate schedules so as to allow its full-requirements customers to purchase interruptible transportation services from the pipeline at a rate which differed from that charged other purchasers of this service.

The case requires us to consider anew the relationship between §§ 4 and 5 of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 717-717w (1976), and…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. v. HallSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Mobile Gas Service Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
  4. Federal Power Commission v. Sierra Pacific Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
  5. Atlantic Refining Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1959

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Atlantic City Electric Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2002
  2. East Tennessee Natural Gas Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
  3. City of Clarksville v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'nCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2018
  4. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Union Electric Co., IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1989
  5. Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Carnegie Natural Gas Company, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1997

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