Legal Opinion
City of Chanute, Kan. v. Williams Natural Gas Co.
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided July 27, 1990No. 87-1463-KPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PATRICK F. KELLY, District Judge.
This is an antitrust case in which the plaintiffs (the Cities) 1 claim they are entitled to treble damages under Section 4 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 15, because defendant Williams Natural Gas Co. (WNG or Williams) 2 reversed its policy of interim open access. The Cities assert that Williams’ conduct in closing its pipeline was an exercise of its monopoly power which injured the Cities by preventing them from receiving transportation of a long-term, dependable supply of low cost natural gas from a third party supplier over Williams’…
2Cases cited54 opinions
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- United States v. Grinnell Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Brown Shoe Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by14 opinions
- City of Chanute v. Williams Natural Gas Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
- Myron Durtsche, Jr. v. American Colloid CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
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- City Of Chanute, Kansue, v. Williams Natural Gas CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1994
- Thompson v. Johnson County Community CollegeDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1996
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