Legal Opinion
Mobil Oil Corp. v. Federal Power Commission
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 2, 1969No. 8829PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.
This is a petition to review Opinion No. 484, and accompanying orders, of the Federal Power Commission.1 The narrow issue presented is that the Commission applied the wrong Permian Basin area rate in granting a certificate for the sale of natural gas in interstate commerce.
The decision of the Commission in the Permian Basin area rate proceedings established a rate of 14.50 per Mcf for old gas-well gas and 16.50 for new gas-well gas produced in the Texas portion of the Permian Basin.2 The cutoff date between old and new gas-well gas was January 1, 1961. The Supreme…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Permian Basin Area Rate CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Northern Pacific Railway Company and Continental Oil Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1960
- Continental Oil Co. v. MulichCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934
- Western Contracting Corporation v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
3Cited by1 opinion
- Mobil Oil Corporation v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969