Legal Opinion
Hunt v. Federal Power Commission
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 19, 1962No. Nos. 19065, 19113, 19114, 19153-19156, 19212-19214PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
These cases raise the common question of whether the Federal Power Commission in granting a temporary certificate for the sale of natural gas at a specified initial sales price may lawfully prescribe as a condition that such price may not be increased without express approval of the Commission. The effect of such a condition is to deny to the producer the opportunity of filing a § 4(d) (e) subsequent rate increase. We hold *336that the Commission may not thus ef-feetually condition-out a statutory right which Congress has prescribed. We therefore sustain the attack of…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- 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
- Atlantic Refining Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Ederal Power Commission v. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co. v. Federal Power CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Texaco, Inc. v. Federal Power Commission, Pan American Petroleum Corporation v. Federal Power Commission, Sun Oil Company v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
- California Oil Company, Western Division v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
- Continental Oil Co. v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Continental Oil Company, Austral Oil Company, Incorporated, Bright and Schiff, Blanco Oil Company and Killian and Hurd, Shell Oil Company v. Federal Power Commission, the Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Longisland Lighting Company, Philadelphia Gas Works, Division of the United Gasimprovement Company, Intervenors. The Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Long Island Lighting Company, Philadelphia Gasworks, Division of the United Gas Improvement Company, Public Servicecommission of the State of New York v. Federal Power Commission, Texaco, Inc., Gulf Oil Corporation,inc., Humble Oil Company, Inc., Austral Oil Company, Inc., McCurdy and McCurdy Oil Company, Pan American Patroleum Corp., Jonnell Gas, Inc., Bright Andschiff, Shelloil Company, Intervenors. Margaret Hunt Hill, Trustee for Hassie Hunt Trust, H. L. Hunt, Hunt Oilcompany, Lamar Hunt, Trustee for William Herbert Hunt Trust Estate, A. G. Hill,trustee for Lamar Hunt Trust Estate, George W. Graham, Inc., Placid Oilcompany v. Federal Power Commission, Hunt Oil Company, Lamar Hunt, Trustee for William Herbert Hunt Trust Estate,a. G. Hill, Trustee for Lamar Hunt Trust Estate, Placid Oil Company,petitioners v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Hunt Oil Co. v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
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