NORTHEASTERN GAS TRANSP. CO. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION

Nos. 10421, 10446, 10507, 10508.

195 F.2d 872 (1952)

NORTHEASTERN GAS TRANSP. CO. et al. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION. BLACKSTONE VALLEY GAS & ELECTRIC CO. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION. FALL RIVER GAS WORKS CO. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION et al.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Filed April 4, 1952.

As Amended April 22, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles V. Shannon, Washington, D. C., (Wheat, May & Shannon, Washington, D. C., Henry F. Holland, Baker, Botts, Andrews & Parish, all of Houston, Tex., James H. Rowe, Jr., and Corcoran, Youngman & Rowe, all of Washington, D. C., Francis J. Meyers, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for petitioners Northeastern Gas Transmission Co. et al.

Francis R. Foley, Pawtucket, R. I. (Corcoran, Foley & Flynn, Pawtucket, R. I., on the brief), for petitioner Blackstone Valley Gas & Electric Co.

Ray C. Westgate, Fall River, Mass. (Buffinton, Crowther, Bogle & Westgate, Fall River, Mass., on the brief), for petitioner Fall River Gas Works Co.

David T. Searls, Houston, Tex. (Charles E. McGee, Washington, D. C., Burns, Blake & Rich, Boston, Mass., William Jerome Daly, Jr., New York City, Charles I. Francis, Houston, Tex., Charles I. Thompson and Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, all of Philadelphia, Pa., W. D. Deakins, Jr. and Vinson, Elkins & Weems, all of Houston, Tex., J. Ross Gamble, Washington, D. C., R. Clyde Hargrove and Hargrove, Guyton, Van Hook & Hargrove, all of Shreveport, La., on the brief), for Intervenors.

Bradford Ross, Washington, D. C. (Lambert McAllister, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Bernard A. Foster, Jr., Asst. Gen. Counsel, Reuben Goldberg, Harry R. Van Cleve, Jr., Pascal B. Frazier, all of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for respondent Federal Power Commission.

Before MARIS, GOODRICH and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.


McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

These interrelated petitions bring before us for review, under Section 19(b) of the Natural Gas Act,1 four orders of the Federal Power Commission concerning the supply of natural gas to certain communities in New England.

Northeastern Gas Transmission Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tennessee Gas Transmission Company. On August 24, 1949 it filed an application, under Section 7 of the Natural Gas...

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