Legal Opinion

Belle Fourche Pipeline Co. v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided December 27, 1984No. 83-1384PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

The United States and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) appeal from an order entered by the district court, 554 F.Supp. 1350, enjoining them from enforcing four subpoenas issued against the Belle Fourche Pipeline Company and three affiliated corporations, Black Hills Trucking, Inc., Equitable Oil Purchasing Company, and Eighty-Eight Oil Company. Because we find that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to entertain this pre-enforcement suit, we discuss only that issue.1

Belle Fourche operates an oil transportation system in Montana, North…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Reisman v. CaplinSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Interstate Commerce Commission v. BrimsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  4. Atlantic Richfield Company v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  5. Comet Electronics, Inc. v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1974

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3Cited by11 opinions

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  4. Territorial Court of Virgin Islands v. RichardsDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 1987
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