Legal Opinion
Midcoast Interstate Transmission, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 18, 2000No. 98-1603, 98-1604, 99-1047 and 99-1090PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion filed by Senior Judge BUCKLEY.
BUCKLEY, Senior Judge:
Midcoast Interstate Transmission, Inc., and two unincorporated associations have filed petitions for review of Federal Ener gy Regulatory Commission orders granting Southern Natural Gas Company’s application to construct a natural gas pipeline and denying Midcoast’s alternative proposals for serving the same markets. Petitioners claim that the Commission failed to make a reasoned evaluation of the competing environmental and economic factors and that its approval of “rolled-in” rates for Southern’s project ignored the agency’s own…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Burlington Truck Lines, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens CouncilSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- General Motors Corp. v. TracySupreme Court of the United States · 1997
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3Cited by21 opinions
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