Skelly Oil Company, Coastal States Gas Producing Company, George H. Coates, Glen A. Martin, and Prado Oil and Gas Company v. Federal Power Commission

BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

In Federal Power Commission v. Sun-ray DX Oil Co., 391 U.S. 9, 40-47, 88 S.Ct. 1526, 20 L.Ed.2d 388, the Supreme Court held that the Federal Power Commission had the power to order refunds of amounts collected under unconditioned temporary certificates issued pursuant to § 7 of the Natural Gas Act 1 to the extent that the prices charged under those certificates exceeded the eventual in-line price. The cases now before us were briefed and argued before the Sun-ray DX decision and were held in abeyance to await the outcome of that case.

The petitioners, independent…