DEEP SOUTH OIL CO. OF TEXAS v. FEDERAL POWER COM'N

No. 15849.

247 F.2d 882 (1957)

DEEP SOUTH OIL COMPANY OF TEXAS, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Dissenting Opinion July 30, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Newell Ellison, Washington, D. C., John Ben Shepperd, Atty. Gen., Tex., Richard L. Fruchterman, New York City, Harold M. Willcox, Washington, D. C., Roland C. Kizer, Baton Rouge, La., Hugh B. Cox, Washington, D. C., for Deep South Oil Co. of Texas. Kizer, Heaton, Craig & Cangelosi, Baton Rouge, La., Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Robert L. Russell, David S. Lichtenstein, William L. Ellis, Attys., Willard W. Gatchell, Gen. Counsel, F. P. C., Washington, D. C., Mert Starnes, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Texas, amicus curiae.

Before BORAH, RIVES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


BORAH, Circuit Judge.

This case comes to us on the petition of Deep South Oil Company of Texas to review, pursuant to Section 19(b) of the Natural Gas Act,1 an order of the Federal Power Commission determining that Deep South is a "natural-gas company" as that term is defined in the Act.2

Deep South is a small, unintegrated corporation engaged in the exploration...

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