Legal Opinion
Columbian Fuel Corporation v. Superior Court
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided February 25, 1960No. 69, 1959PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Southerland, C. J.:
The petition attacks the jurisdiction of the court below to entertain four actions at law brought by Cities Service Company against three defendants, the petitioners above named. In these actions Cities seeks to recover from defendants large sums of money representing part of the payments made by Cities to defendants for natural gas between January 1, 1954 and late 1957.
The factual background of the claims is as follows:
Cities is a natural gas pipeline company. It transports natural gas from Hugoton Field in Kansas, in interstate commerce, to local distributing companies.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Skelly Oil Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. v. Northwestern Public Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- 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
- Interstate Natural Gas Co. v. Southern California Gas Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Pan American Petroleum Corp. v. Superior Court of Del. for New Castle Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Fleer Corp. v. Topps Chewing Gum, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1988
- Waechter v. Amoco Production Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1975
- Western Natural Gas Co. v. Cities Service Gas Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1964
- Pan American Petroleum Corporation v. Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
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