Legal Opinion
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America v. Railroad Commission of Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 24, 1982No. 81-1340PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RANDALL, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal of a district court’s declaratory judgment that certain gas pipeline facilities are not subject to safety standards promulgated by the Texas Railroad Commission because those standards are preempted by provisions of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act. We affirm.
This case was presented to the district court on an agreed statement of facts, accompanied by a number of agreed exhibits, from which the following facts are derived. Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (Natural), a “natural gas company” within the meaning of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. PaulSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Jones v. Rath Packing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Ray v. Atlantic Richfield Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- City of Burbank v. Lockheed Air Terminal, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Williams Pipe Line Co. v. City of Mounds ViewDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1987
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