Edwards v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.

E. GORDON WEST, District Judge:

This case is before the Court on plaintiffs’ motion to remand to the State Court for further proceedings. The motion to remand is opposed. The case primarily involves a question as to the constitutionality of Act 294 of the 1978 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature, commonly referred to as the “First Use Tax on Natural Gas,” and incorporated in the statutes of the State of Louisiana as Chapter 16, Title 47, Section 1301, et seq. of the Louisiana Revised Statutes. Plaintiffs in the case are Edwin W. Edwards, Governor of the State of Louisiana, William J.…