HUMBLE OIL & REFINING CO. v. FEDERAL POWER COM'N

No. 15704.

236 F.2d 819 (1956)

HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 21, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson Jones, Carl Illig, Houston, Tex., Bernard J. Caillouet, New Orleans, La., William J. Merrill, Houston, Tex., Bernard A. Foster, Jr., Washington, D. C., Rex G. Baker, Houston, Tex., Wm. H. Holloway, Tyler, Tex., Charles Janvier, New Orleans, La., Ross, Marsh & Foster, Washington, D. C., of counsel, for petitioner.

Willard W. Gatchell, Gen. Counsel for Federal Power Commission, Lambert McAllister, Asst. Gen. Counsel, C. Louis Knight, Atty., Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before BORAH, RIVES, and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


BORAH, Circuit Judge.

This is one of six cases which presents a common question of law concerning the validity of orders of the Federal Power Commission suspending changes in rates for sales of natural gas by the respective petitioners.

Petitioner herein has invoked the jurisdiction of this Court under Section 19(b) of the Natural Gas Act to review an order of the Federal Power Commission issued on May 19, 1955, by which the Commission suspended for a period...

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