Legal Opinion
Texaco, Inc. v. Federal Power Commission, Pan American Petroleum Corporation v. Federal Power Commission, Sun Oil Company v. Federal Power Commission
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 20, 1963No. 7179_1PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.
These seven cases present another episode in the history of the regulation by the Federal Power Commission of independent producers of natural gas subject to its jurisdiction. Basically the issue is the right of the Commission to reject summarily and without a hearing a gas-purchase contract between a producer and a pipeline company on the ground that the contract contains indefinite price-changing clauses forbidden by Commission regulations.
At the outset we are faced, in all but one of the cases, No. 7303, with the Commission’s procedural objections to the right…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Rochester Telephone Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Shapiro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Mobile Gas Service Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Federal Power Commission v. Texaco Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Pennzoil Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- City of Chicago, Illinois v. Federal Power Commission, Pipeline Production Group, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- Sunray Dx Oil Company v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965
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