Legal Opinion
Bel Oil Corp. v. Federal Power Commission
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 23, 1958No. Nos. 16581, 16583, 16584PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.
These petitions, presented on a single record, seek review of an order of the Federal Power Commission, Opinion No. 300, reported at 16 F.P.C. 100-118, dismissing certain rate filings of the petitioners as independent producer natural gas companies.1 The rate increases would have been from 8.79 cents to 16 cents per Mcf, plus a 1 cent state tax.
On June 7, 1954, the three parties all had contracts with Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation (Transco), under which they agreed to furnish certain minimum quantities of gas for a period of twenty years, for which the price…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Federal Power Commission v. Natural Gas Pipeline Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Colorado Interstate Gas Co. v. Federal Power CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Phillips Petroleum Co. v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Los Angeles Gas & Electric Corp. v. Railroad CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Socony Mobil Oil Co. v. Brooklyn Union Gas Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- El Paso Natural Gas Co. v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Bel Oil Corporation v. Federal Power Commission, Union Oil Company of California, and the Louisiana Land and Exploration Company v. Federal Power Commission, Morris Rauch v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- El Paso Natural Gas Company v. Federal Power Commission, Southern California Gas Company, and Southern Counties Gas Company of California v. Federal Power Commission, Pacific Gas and Electric Company v. Federal Power Commission, People of the State of California and Public Utilities Commission of the State of California v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc. v. Brooklyn Union Gas Company, the Ohio Oil Company v. Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Brooklyn Union Gas Company v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation v. The Ohio Oil Company and Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
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