Legal Opinion
Cities Service Gas Co. v. Columbian Fuel Corp.
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided November 12, 1959No. 670, 708 & 671, Civil Action, 1958PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Christie, J.:
Plaintiff Cities operates pipelines through which it distributes natural gas in interstate commerce for resale to its customers. Defendant Columbian produces natural gas.
In 1949 and 1951 plaintiff and defendant entered into gas purchase contracts providing for the purchase by the plaintiff over a long period of natural gas produced by defendants in the Hugoton Field of Kansas. The contracts specified the prices to be paid for the gas.
On December 2, 1953, the Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas promulgated a minimum gas price-fixing order covering natural gas produced…
2Cases cited11 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
- Natural Gas Pipeline Co. v. Panoma Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Hugoton Production Company v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1965
- Western Natural Gas Co. v. Cities Service Gas Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1964
- Northern Natural Gas Co. v. Hugoton Plains Gas & Oil Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1963