Legal Opinion

Ecee, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 7, 1980No. 79-1171PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

On November 9, 1978, Congress enacted the Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA), 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 3301 et seq., a comprehensive regulatory statute governing the natural gas industry. 1 Two months later, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) promulgated order No. 21, entitled “Final Regulation Providing for Rehearing of Orders and Rules Issued Under the NGPA (No. RM79-12).” That Order sets forth a rehearing requirement as a jurisdictional prerequisite to obtaining judicial review of rules issued by FERC under the NGPA. 2 In this case we are asked to determine the…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Ernst & Ernst v. HochfelderSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Aetna Life Insurance v. HaworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  5. United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Forsyth v. BarrCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
  2. United States v. Karl P. ZinnCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
  3. Edwin I. Hatch v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
  4. Ecee, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  5. Mississippi Valley Gas Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981

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