Legal Opinion
Continental Oil Co. v. Federal Power Commission
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 24, 1967No. Nos. 23188, 23189, 23325, 23333, 23408, 23454, 23455, 21286, 21575, 21856PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYER, Circuit Judge:
Three groups of cases raise in a variety of ways the validity of the Federal Power Commission’s “in-line” price pronouncement, its statement of general policy, moratorium ceilings, and refund requirements.
In the first group the producer petitioners1 pursuant to § 19(b) of the Natural Gas Act,2 challenge an order of the FPC of September 30, 1965, in a consolidated proceeding entitled Turnbull & Zock Drilling Co. (operator) et al., Opinion No. 478, granting permanent certificates of public convenience and necessity under § 7(c) and (e) of the Act to sixty seven producers to…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Arizona Grocery Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Atlantic Refining Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- United Gas Improvement Co. v. Callery Properties, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In Re Hugoton-Anadarko Area Rate CaseCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- Continental Oil Company, Austral Oil Company, Incorporated, Bright and Schiff, Blanco Oil Company and Killian and Hurd, Shell Oil Company v. Federal Power Commission, the Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Longisland Lighting Company, Philadelphia Gas Works, Division of the United Gasimprovement Company, Intervenors. The Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Long Island Lighting Company, Philadelphia Gasworks, Division of the United Gas Improvement Company, Public Servicecommission of the State of New York v. Federal Power Commission, Texaco, Inc., Gulf Oil Corporation,inc., Humble Oil Company, Inc., Austral Oil Company, Inc., McCurdy and McCurdy Oil Company, Pan American Patroleum Corp., Jonnell Gas, Inc., Bright Andschiff, Shelloil Company, Intervenors. Margaret Hunt Hill, Trustee for Hassie Hunt Trust, H. L. Hunt, Hunt Oilcompany, Lamar Hunt, Trustee for William Herbert Hunt Trust Estate, A. G. Hill,trustee for Lamar Hunt Trust Estate, George W. Graham, Inc., Placid Oilcompany v. Federal Power Commission, Hunt Oil Company, Lamar Hunt, Trustee for William Herbert Hunt Trust Estate,a. G. Hill, Trustee for Lamar Hunt Trust Estate, Placid Oil Company,petitioners v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- People of California v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972