Pennzoil Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Certain natural gas producers and other intervenors in this action 1 (hereinafter “the producers”) seek review of two orders 2 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“the Commission”) 3 which involve a case specific application of third-party protest procedures adopted by the Commission in the “Order 23 Series” 4 and affirmed in part and modified in part by this Court in Pennzoil Co. v. FERC, 645 F.2d 360 (5th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1142, 102 S.Ct. 1000, 71 L.Ed.2d 293 (1982) (hereinafter referred to as “Pennzoil ”). The central issues in this appeal…