Legal Opinion
Murphy Oil Corporation v. Federal Power Commission
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 23, 1970No. 19597_1PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEHAFFY, Circuit Judge.
Murphy Oil Corporation and Mississippi River Transmission Corporation are joint owners of oil and gas leases on gas producing acreage in the Barksdale Air Force Base, Bossier Parish, Louisiana. 1 ***By a contract dated October 15, 1951, Murphy and Mississippi entered into a gas purchase agreement whereby Murphy agreed to sell its gas produced from said field to Mississippi. The Supreme Court in Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin, 347 U.S. 672, 74 S.Ct. 794, 98 L.Ed. 1035 (1954), determined that gas producers were subject to regulation by the Federal Power Commission…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Mobile Gas Service Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Henry S. Cram v. Sun Insurance Office, Ltd., Robert S. Wahab, Jr. v. Sun Insurance Office, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Boston Edison Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, City of Holyoke Gas and Electric Department, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Alaska Bulk Carriers, Inc. v. KrepsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- McCombs v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- Gulf Oil Corporation v. Federal Power Commission, Philadelphia Gas Works, Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, Milton Clark, Frederick W. Rose, and St. Regis Apartment, Ltd., on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated (Pgw's Customers), Washington Urban League, Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Connecticut Public Utilities Control Authority, Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers, Rhode Island Attorney General and Rhode Island Customers' Council (New England), Public Service Commission of the State of New York, the Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Philadelphia Electric Company, Intervenors. Connecticut Public Utilities Control Authority, Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers, Rhode Island Attorney General, and Rhode Island Consumers' Council v. Federal Power Commission, Philadelphia Gas Works, Gulf Oil Corporation, Bay State Gas Company, Boston Gas Company, Bristol and Warren Gas Company, Cape Cod Gas Company, Commonwealth Gas Company, the Connecticut Gas Company, Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation, Fall River Gas Company, the Hartford Electric Light Company, Town of Middleborough, Municipal Gas and Electric Department, New Bedford Gas and Edison Light Company, North Attleboro Gas Company, City of Norwich, Department of Public Utilities, Pequot Gas Company, Providence Gas Company, South County Gas Company, the Southern Connecticut Gas Company, Tiverton Gas Company, Public Service Electric and Gas Company, Milton Clark, Frederick W. Rose and St. Regis Apartments, Ltd. (Pgw's Customers), Algonquin Gas Transmission Company, Philadelphia Electric Company, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
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