Legal Opinion
Southland Royalty Company, Texaco Inc., Exxon Corporation, and Mobil Oil Corporation v. Federal Power Commission
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 13, 1976No. 75-3373, 75-2851, 75-3682, 75-3819 and 75-4001PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge:
Unprecedented escalations in the price of energy have stunned public, industry and engineers of federal regulatory process alike. The gross imbalance between controlled prices at which interstate natural gas must be sold 1 and the substantially higher values set by the free market for gas and other fuels has created a sunburst of unique regulatory issues. Today’s case is one such ray. Southland Royalty Co., and others, 2 (Southland) challenge opinions of the Federal Power Commission (FPC) which held that natural gas which South-land now owns in fee under a leasehold…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Federal Power Commission v. Texaco Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Atlantic Refining Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co. v. Federal Power CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Hartel v. DishmanTexas Supreme Court · 1940
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3Cited by18 opinions
- California v. Southland Royalty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Pennzoil Producing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 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
- Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. v. Allied Chemical Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Phillips Petroleum Company v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1977
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