Legal Opinion

Permian Basin Area Rate Cases

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 25, 1968No. 90PublishedCited by 1,037 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan

These cases stem from proceedings commenced in 1960 by the Federal Power Commission under § 5 (a) of the Natural Gas Act,1 52 Stat. 823, 15 TJ. S. C. § 717d (a), to determine maximum just and reasonable rates for sales in interstate commerce2 of natural gas produced in the *755Permian Basin.3 24 F. P. C. 1121. The Commission conducted extended hearings,4 and in 1965 issued a decision that both prescribed such rates and provided various ancillary requirements. 34 F. P. C. 159 and 1068. On petitions for review, the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit sustained in part and set aside in part the…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Nebbia v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  2. Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. Munn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  4. Phelps Dodge Corp. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  5. National Broadcasting Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943

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3Cited by1,037 opinions

  1. Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Withrow v. LarkinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. Rust v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  5. Thorpe v. Housing Authority of DurhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1969

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