Legal Opinion
Railroad Commission v. City of Austin
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 10, 1974No. 12169PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.
The question presented by this appeal is whether the Railroad Commission of Texas has jurisdiction under Articles 6050 et seq., Vernon’s Annotated Civil Statutes, to inquire into the effect on the public interest of ' transactions under which Lo-Vaca Gathering Company, a gas pipeline utility, is diverting substantial amounts of its reserve gas supply by entering into contracts with specific customers prior to and during periods when it is unable to fulfill its delivery obligations to the cities of Austin and San Antonio and to the Lower Colorado River Authority and, if…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- City of El Paso v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Trimmier v. CarltonTexas Supreme Court · 1927
- Gibbs v. Consolidated Gas Co. of BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Lone Star Gas Co. v. Municipal Gas Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1928
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. CrawfordTexas Supreme Court · 1887
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Railroad Commission of Texas v. City of AustinTexas Supreme Court · 1975
- Texas Water Commission v. City of Fort WorthCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1994
- Railroad Commission of Texas v. City of AustinTexas Supreme Court · 1975
- Texas Water Commission and City of Arlington, Texas v. City of Fort Worth, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1994