In re WYOMING TIGHT SANDS ANTITRUST CASES.
STATE OF KANSAS, as parens patriae on behalf of natural person residing in Kansas, Robert T. Stephan, Attorney General of the State of Kansas, and
State of Missouri, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
Kansas Power & Light Company, a Kansas Corporation; Kansas Gas & Electric Company, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
Utilicorp United Inc., Plaintiff-intervenor-Appellee.
v.
AMOCO PRODUCTION CO.; Cities Service Oil and Gas Corporation, f/k/a Cities Service Company; CSG Exploration Company; Williams Natural Gas Company, f/k/a Northwest Central Pipeline Corporation; The Wamsutter Limited Partnership; The Moxa Limited Partnership, Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 31, 1989.
Rehearing Denied March 27, 1989.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Thomas J. Greenan of Ferguson & Burdell, Seattle, Wash. (Robert T. Stephan, Atty. Gen. for State of Kan., William L. Webster, Atty. Gen. for State of Mo., Donald D. Barry and Deborah Farrar of Donald D. Barry, Chtd., Topeka, Kan., James E. Hurt of Ferguson & Burdell, Seattle, Wash., Jack C. Chestnut of Chestnut & Brooks, P.C., Minneapolis, Minn., Thomas H. Brill, Kansas City, Mo., R. Lawrence Ward, Jennifer Gille Bacon, Russell S. Jones, Jr., and Ann E. Carlson of Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy, P.C., Kansas City, Mo., with him on the briefs), for plaintiffs-appellants State of Kan. and State of Mo.
Michael F. Saunders of Spencer Fane Britt & Browne, Kansas City, Mo. (Basil W. Kelsey and Frank B.W. McCollum of Spencer Fane Britt & Browne, Overland Park, Kan., Curtis E. Woods and Teresa A. Woody of Spencer Fane Britt & Browne, Kansas City, Mo., John K. Rosenberg and David P. Mudrick, Topeka, Kan., Ralph Foster and John P. DeCoursey, Wichita, Kan., with him on the brief), for plaintiff-appellees Kansas Power & Light Co. and Kansas Gas & Elec. Co.
Sally R. Burger (William H. Sanders, Sr., Floyd R. Finch, Jr., and Katharine Bunn of Blackwell Sanders Matheny Weary & Lombardi, Kansas City, Mo., James D. Griffin of Blackwell Sanders Matheny Weary & Lombardi, Overland Park, Kan., Randall B. Palmer of UtiliCorp United Inc., Kansas City, Mo., with her on the brief), for plaintiff-intervenor-appellee UtiliCorp United Inc.
Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill.; Watson, Ess, Marshall & Enggas, Olathe, Kan., on the brief for defendant-appellee Amoco Production Co.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Washington, D.C.; Stinson, Mag & Fizzell, Kansas City, Mo., on the brief for defendants-appellees Cities Service Oil and Gas Corp. and CSG Exploration Co.
Before SEYMOUR, MOORE and BRORBY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
BRORBY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves a single issue: May residential consumers who are indirect purchasers of natural gas maintain an antitrust suit against the alleged antitrust violators?
I.
Three investor-owned public utilities, the Kansas Power & Light Company, Kansas Gas & Electric Company, and UtiliCorp United Inc., filed separate complaints against defendants Amoco Production Co., Cities Service Oil and Gas Corporation, CSG...
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