UNITED GAS IMPROVEMENT CO. v. FEDERAL POWER COM'N

Nos. 12797, 12805.

269 F.2d 865 (1959)

UNITED GAS IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, Philadelphia Electric Company, Petitioners in No. 12,797, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent, PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Petitioner in No. 12,805, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent. Pan American Petroleum Corporation, Atlantic Refining Company, Cities Service Production Company, Humble Oil & Refining Company, Ohio Oil Company, Oil Participations Incorporated, Tidewater Oil Company, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation, Continental Oil Company, Magnolia Petroleum Company, Pure Oil Company, Sun Oil Company, Union Oil Company of California, W. H. Hunt, Trustee for Hassie Hunt Trust, Phillips Petroleum Company, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1959.

Rehearing Denied September 9, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. David Mann, Jr., Washington, D. C., and Samuel Graff Miller, Philadelphia, Pa. (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, W. James MacIntosh, Philadelphia, Pa., John E. Holtzinger, Jr., Washington, D. C., Vincent P. McDevitt, Robert P. Garbarino, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for petitioners in 12,797.

Kent H. Brown, Albany, N. Y. (George H. Kenny, Albany, N. Y., Barbara M. Suchow, New York City, on the brief), for petitioner in 12,805.

Howard E. Wahrenbrock, Washington, D. C. (Willard W. Gatchell, General Counsel, William L. Brunner, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for respondent.

John T. Miller, Washington, D. C. (Richard J. Connor, Thomas F. Brosnan, Gallagher, Connor & Boland, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp., intervenor.

William J. Merrill, Houston, Tex., for producer-intervenors.

Chas. B. Ellard, William R. Dotson, Edward J. Kremer, Jr., Dallas, Tex., Bernard A. Foster, Jr., Sherman S. Poland, Ross, Marsh & Foster, Washington, D. C., on the brief for intervenor Atlantic Refining Co.

Gentry Lee, Cecil C. Cammack, Bartlesville, Okl., Bernard A. Foster, Jr., Sherman S. Poland, Ross, Marsh & Foster, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for intervenor Cities Service Production Co.

Lloyd F. Thanhouser, Bruce R. Merrill, Houston, Tex., on the brief, for intervenor Continental Oil Co.

Carl Illig, Houston, Tex., William H. Holloway, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for intervenor Humble Oil and Refining Co.

George S. Finley, Edward L. Atkinson, Jr., Dallas, Tex., Robert E. May, Washington, D. C., Ralph B. Shank, Dallas, Tex., on the brief, for intervenor W. H. Hunt, Trustee for Hassie Hunt Trust.

Frank C. Bolton, Jr., Ross Madole, William S. Richardson, Dallas, Tex., on the brief, for intervenor Magnolia Petroleum Co.

Martin A. Row, Dallas, Tex., Herf M. Weinert, Joiner Cartwright, Beaumont, Tex., Robert E. May, Richard F. Generelly, May, Shannon & Morley, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for intervenor Sun Oil Co.

Clayton L. Orn, Robert M. Vaughan, Findlay, Ohio, James D. Parriott, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for intervenor Ohio Oil Co.

L. A. Thompson, W. W. Heard, J. P. Hammond, Tulsa, Okl., William J. Grove, Carroll L. Gilliam, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for intervenor Pan American Petroleum Corp.

Rayburn L. Foster, Harry D. Turner, H. K. Hudson, Kenneth Heady, James G. Williams, Jr., Bartlesville, Okl., Charles E. McGee, Washington, D. C., Lambert McAllister, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for intervenor Phillips Petroleum Co.

John C. Snodgrass, Chicago, Ill., on the brief, for intervenor Pure Oil Co.

Paul S. Schlicher, New York City, Alfred C. DeCrane, Jr., Houston, Tex., Frank H. Strickler, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for intervenor Texaco Seaboard, Inc.

L. A. Gibbons, Los Angeles, Cal., George D. Horning, Jr., Patrick G. Sullivan, John J. Ross, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for intervenor Union Oil Co. of California.

Before GOODRICH, KALODNER and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.


GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

These cases are two petitions seeking review of action of the Federal Power Commission. They present the same questions and attack the same order.1 They have been argued together and will be disposed of in one opinion.

The Federal Power Commission has granted permanent certificates of convenience and necessity to twenty-six gas producers, involving thirty-eight applications, who have made contracts for...

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