SHANK v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION

No. 15832.

236 F.2d 830 (1956)

Ralph B. SHANK, Trustee for Nelson Bunker Hunt Trust Estate, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 21, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph B. Shank, Dallas, Tex., Robert E. May, Washington, D. C., William S. Richardson, Shank, Dedman & Payne, Dallas, Tex., Wheat, May & Shannon, Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

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

Before BORAH, RIVES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


BORAH, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner herein has invoked the jurisdiction of this Court under Section 19 (b) of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 717r(b), to review two letter-orders of the Federal Power Commission dated July 1, 1955, and July 8, 1955, respectively.

The material facts are these: Petitioner has an interest in two producing gas wells in Starr County Texas, which it operates under joint operating and gas processing agreements with Sun Oil Company...

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