Legal Opinion
Mobile Gas Service Corp. v. Federal Power Commission, United Gas Pipe Line Co., Intervener
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 7, 1954No. 11280_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.
In this proceeding to review an order of the Federal Power Commission the basic question is whether the Commission is correct in holding that under the Natural Gas Act1 a natural gas company can in effect wipe out a filed rate contract simply by filing an increased rate schedule. Substantially that is what the Commission considers to have happened to petitioner’s contract with intervener.
Mobile Gas Service Corporation, the petitioner, is an Alabama distributor of natural gas. It receives its entire supply of that fuel from the intervener, United Gas Pipe Line…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Colorado Interstate Gas Co. v. Federal Power CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Armour Packing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Int. Com. Comm. v. Louis. & Nash. RRSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by23 opinions
- United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Mobile Gas Service Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- William J. Bauers, Jr. v. Herbert T. Heisel, JrCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- Papago Tribal Utility Authority v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Arizona Public Service Company and Arizona Power Authority, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Municipal Light Boards of Reading and Wakefield Massachusetts v. Federal Power Commission, Boston Edison Company, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Sierra Pacific Power Company v. Federal Power Commission, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
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