Railroad Commission of Texas v. City of Austin

ON REHEARING

In my opinion, the courts below have correctly decided this case and the Railroad Commission had jurisdiction to entertain the petition. In fact the majority, while reversing those judgments, makes direct holdings that the Commission has jurisdiction over the gas controlled by the two public utilities, Lo-Vaca and TUFCO. The court expressly holds that the Commission has power:

“to allocate Lo-Vaca’s gas among cities, towns and corporations, and is already doing so.

“to allocate TUFCO’s gas, and the gas of all other gas utilities among cities, towns and corporations.

“to deal with the…