Legal Opinion
Pennzoil Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 21, 1981No. 79-1247, 79-1602PublishedCited by 156 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
The continuing battle between producers and consumers over natural gas prices is once again before this Court. The issue in this controversy can be simply stated: May “area rate clauses” 1 in existing interstate gas purchase contracts escalate the contract price to the maximum lawful price provided in the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978? NGPA, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 3301-3432. In the orders on review, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 2 (FERC) held that the NGPA was no bar to that escalation and that area rate clauses as a general rule constituted sufficient…
2Cases cited60 opinions
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3Cited by156 opinions
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