Legal Opinion
Murphy Oil Corporation v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 28, 1978No. 77-1720PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.
The controversy before us concerns the rate chargeable by the Petitioner, Murphy Oil Corporation (Murphy), for the sale of gas from the San Juan Basin area of New Mexico. Murphy, the seller, pursuant to § 4(d) of the Natural Gas Act, 1 filed for a rate increase. The proceeding below involves the Commission’s 2 disposition of Murphy’s requested increase. The Commission held that the lower of two arguably applicable rate schedules controlled, the monetary difference between the two under the circumstances amounting to a sum in excess of a hundred thousand…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Permian Basin Area Rate CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Atlantic Refining Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co. v. Federal Power CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Tom Brown v. United States Department of InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
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