Legal Opinion

Saturn Oil & Gas Company, Inc. v. Federal Power Commission

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided March 3, 1958No. 5582PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

Saturn Oil & Gas Company, 1 by its petition, seeks a review, pursuant to section 19(b) of the Natural Gas Act, 2 of orders of the Federal Power Commission 3 which found that sales of natural gas by Saturn are sales in interstate commerce for resale and by reason thereof Saturn is a “natural-gas company” within the meaning of the Natural Gas Act. Saturn contends that it is not subject to the Act.

Saturn is a small unintegrated oil company which owns and operates natural-gas properties only in the State of Kansas. Saturn’s production is from forty-five wells, forty of…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Colorado Interstate Gas Co. v. Federal Power CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Phillips Petroleum Co. v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  3. Ederal Power Commission v. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  4. Cities Service Gas Co. v. Peerless Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
  5. Interstate Natural Gas Co. v. Federal Power CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1947

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. State v. Pennzoil Co.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1988
  2. Diamond Shamrock Exploration Co. v. HodelCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
  3. McCulloch Interstate Gas Corporation v. Federal Power Commission, Phillips Petroleum Company, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
  4. Samson Hydrocarbons Co. v. Oklahoma Tax CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1998
  5. Continental Oil Company v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959

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