Legal Opinion
Coastal Oil & Gas Corporation v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 18, 1986No. 84-4504PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we must determine whether natural gas is “dedicated” to interstate commerce even when the underlying contracts for the interstate sale of the gas contain a clause under which a producer is excused from connecting a well to the relevant interstate pipeline if such connection would be unprofitable. If we decide that the gas was dedicated to interstate commerce then we must also inquire into the remedy fashioned by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to address the illegal intrastate sale of the dedicated gas.
The Commission ruled that the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co. v. Federal Power CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- California v. Southland Royalty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. McCombsSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Mesa Petroleum Co. v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Edwin L. Cox v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- TOTAL Gas & Power N Amer, Inc. v. FERC, etCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2017
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