Legal Opinion
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Michigan Public Service Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 14, 1951No. 486PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Minton
This is an appeal from the affirmance of an order of the Michigan Public Service Commission requiring appellant to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity before selling natural gas direct to industrial consumers in a municipality already served by a public utility.
Appellant is engaged in the transportation of natural gas by pipe line from fields in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas into areas which include the State of Michigan. Appellant is a “natural-gas company” within the coverage of the Natural Gas Act, 52 Stat. 821, 15 U. S. C. §§ 717 et seg., and subject thereunder to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. v. Du MondSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Pennsylvania Gas Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Cities Service Gas Co. v. Peerless Oil & Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by95 opinions
- Breard v. AlexandriaSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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- Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. v. Arkansas Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Northwest Central Pipeline Corp. v. State Corporation Comm'n of Kan.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Federal Power Commission v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
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