Legal Opinion
Natural Gas Pipeline Co. v. Federal Power Commission
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 14, 1941No. 7454PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Presented for review is an interim order of the Federal Power Commission, directing the petitioners to reduce their rates on natural gas, so as to reflect an annual reduction in their operating revenues of not less than $3,750,000.
Petitioners own natural gas reserves in Texas. They produce the natural gas and transport it through their own pipe lines to the State of Illinois, where it is sold wholesale — 90% to one customer. They produce 75% of the gas they sell and purchase the remaining 25% from another producer. They were in business for nearly eight years before the…
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