Legal Opinion

Humble Oil & Refining Company v. Federal Power Commission

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 21, 1956No. 15704PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BORAH, Circuit Judge.

This is one of six cases which presents a common question of law concerning the validity of orders of the Federal Power Commission suspending changes in rates for sales of natural gas by the respective petitioners.

Petitioner herein has invoked the jurisdiction of this Court under Section 19(b) of the Natural Gas Act to review an order of the Federal Power Commission issued on May 19,1955, by which the Commission suspended for a period of five months a rate filed by petitioner covering certain of its sales of natural gas to United Gas Pipe Line Company.

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2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Phillips Petroleum Co. v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Federal Power Commission v. Metropolitan Edison Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
  3. Atlantic Seaboard Corp. v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1953

3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Amerada Petroleum Corporation v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1960
  2. Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
  3. Long Island Rail Road Company v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1961
  4. Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. v. Federal Power CommissionDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1963
  5. Tenneco, Inc. And Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982

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