Battle Creek Gas Co. v. Federal Power Commission

Mr. Justice REED,

sitting by designation.

Petitioner seeks review under § 19(b) of the Natural Gas Act1 of orders of the Federal Power Commission granting to the Trunkline Gas Company certificates of public convenience and related orders under § 7(c) of the Act.2

Trunkline operates an interstate pipeline bringing natural gas from the Texas-Gulf of Mexico production areas up the Mississippi River Valley to Tuscola, Illinois, where it joins the Panhandle-Eastern Pipeline system. Trunkline is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Panhandle, and all but a small quantity of its gas is sold to Panhandle at…