Legal Opinion

Continental Oil Company v. Federal Power Commission

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 17, 1959No. 17016_1PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge,

Continental Oil Company is a natural gas company within the meaning of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 717 et seq. It sells the gas produced from a single dry gas well in Lea County, New Mexico, to El Paso Natural Gas Company. In its brief, Continental asserts: “Sale of the gas takes place in the well head. Delivery occurs at the point where the facilities owned by Continental end and the facilities owned by El Paso begin; that is, at the point where the gas enters the 4-inch by 2-inch reducing swage [owned by El Paso] where it is screwed inside the 4-inch master…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Phillips Petroleum Co. v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Ederal Power Commission v. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. Hartford Electric Light Co. v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
  4. Deep South Oil Company of Texas v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
  5. Interstate Natural Gas Co. v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1946

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Northern Natural Gas Co. v. State Corp. CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. J. M. Huber Corporation v. William Harvey Denman and Jay Pumphrey, Trustees of the Estate of S. B. Burnett, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
  3. Weymouth v. Colorado Interstate Gas Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
  4. Sun Oil Company v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
  5. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966

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