Pan American Petroleum Corporation v. Federal Power Commission

BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

In Texaco, Inc., v. Federal Power Commission, 10 Cir., 317 F.2d 796, we held that the Federal Power Commission, acting under its general rule-making powers, could not proscribe certain pricing provisions in the contracts of independent producers of natural gas; and we set aside Commission orders rejecting two applications for certificates of convenience and necessity, one by Texaco and one by Pan American. On certiorari the Supreme Court reversed, 1 holding that the Texaco petition should be dismissed for lack of venue and that the Commission acted within its…