Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co. v. Corporation Commission of Oklahoma

ORDER

LEE R. WEST, District Judge.

In the action before this Court, the Plaintiffs seek declaratory and permanent in-junctive relief to enjoin the Defendants, Oklahoma Corporation Commission and its Commissioners, from invoking the notice and protest provisions of 52 O.S. § 87.2 for the purpose of conducting increased density proceedings. Plaintiffs are operators of natural gas pipelines and are purchasers under numerous gas contracts entered into with various producer-sellers in Oklahoma. Under the terms of such contracts, plaintiffs purchased natural gas produced from certain wells, most of…