Legal Opinion
Plaquemines Oil and Gas Company v. Federal Power Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 28, 1971No. 24550PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILKEY, Circuit Judge:
7?he question on this appeal is whether the Federal Power Commission, in retroactively applying the Natural Gas Act to sales of the Plaquemines Oil and Gas Company between 1961 and 1966, the years in which the Commission asserted jurisdiction over such sales and in which Plaquemines filed for certification, was justified in flatly requiring Plaquemines to refund all sums derived from a 1964 rate increase without first determining its validity. The Commission simply ruled that since Plaquemines’ sales in 1964 were within the jurisdiction of the Commission and “a rate…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- California v. Lo-Vaca Gathering Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Mesa Petroleum Co. v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Henry B. Walker, Jr., Trustee v. Felmont Oil Corporation, Ohio River Oil Company, Felmont Oil Corporation v. Ohio River Oil Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1957
- Lo-Vaca Gathering Company, Houston Pipe Line Company and El Paso Natural Gas Company v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Towns of Concord, Norwood, and Wellesley, Massachusetts v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Boston Edison Company, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992
- United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. McCombsSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Borough of Lansdale, Pennsylvania v. Federal Power Commission, Philadelphia Electric Company, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Southern Railway Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1976
- Mobil Exploration and Producing North America, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
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