Joseph F. Fritz v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Southern Natural Gas Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

CLARK, Chief Judge:

All interested parties petition for review of orders issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The orders declared that a FERC regulation would be violated by payment for natural gas under a contract between the purchaser, Southern Natural Gas Company (Southern), and the sellers, Joseph F. Fritz and others. Fritz assigned a part of his interest to G.B. “Boots” Smith Corporation, Challenger International Services, Inc., and H. Lanier B. Foote (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Fritz”). Because FERC’s application of its regulation to the present case…