Legal Opinion
Mobil Oil Corp. v. Federal Power Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 10, 1974No. 73-437PublishedCited by 209 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
We review here the affirmance by the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit of a 1971 order of the Federal Power Commission 1 that established an area rate structure for interstate sales 2 of natural gas produced in the Southern Louisiana area. The Southern Louisiana area is one of seven geographical areas defined by the Commission for the purpose of prescribing areawide price ceilings. 3 This is the second area rate case to reach this Court. The first was the Permian Basin Area Rate Cases, 390 U. S. 747 (1968), in which the Court sustained the constitu tional and statutory authority of the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Permian Basin Area Rate CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. v. Northwestern Public Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Federal Power Commission v. Natural Gas Pipeline Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by209 opinions
- American Textile Manufacturers Institute, Inc. v. DonovanSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- City of El Paso v. Public Utility CommissionTexas Supreme Court · 1994
- Federal Power Commission v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Business & Professional People for the Public Interest v. Illinois Commerce CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1990
- The Second National Natural Gas Rate Cases American Public Gas Association v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
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