Bayou Pipeline Corp. v. Railroad Commission

GREENHILL, Chief Justice.

Bayou Pipeline Corporation brings this direct appeal from a judgment of the 53rd District Court of Travis County. As plaintiff in the district court, Bayou Pipeline Corporation [hereinafter Bayou] sought a permanent injunction against the enforcement of a Railroad Commission order dated November 23, 1976. Briefly summarized, this order directed Bayou to transport natural gas belonging to Walter Van Norman at a rate of 4.07 cents per thousand cubic feet [mcf]. The district court denied the injunction and declared that the Railroad Commission’s order was in all things…