Legal Opinion
Humble Gas Transmission Company v. Mississippi Power & Light Company, and Mississippi Valley Gas Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 14, 1970No. 28557_1PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEWIN, Circuit Judge:
In 1949 the predecessors of Humble Gas Transmission Supply Company (hereinafter, Humble) and Mississippi Power and Light Company (hereinafter, MPL) negotiated an exclusive natural gas supply contract with an expiration date of January 1, 1972. As last amended, the contract called for Humble to furnish natural gas via its Fowler-Baton Rouge System for MPL’s Natchez Steam Electric Station. Humble instituted this diversity action in May 1969 to enjoin MPL from breaching this contract by purchasing natural gas for its Natchez station from Mississippi Valley Gas (hereinafter,…
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