CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION

No. 17016.

266 F.2d 208 (1959)

CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 17, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland B. Voight, Bruce R. Merrill, Houston, Tex. (Lloyd F. Thanhouser, Houston, Tex., Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, William J. Grove, Carroll L. Gilliam, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for petitioner.

Howard E. Wahrenbrock, Solicitor, Willard W. Gatchell, Gen. Counsel, Robert L. Russell, Asst. Gen. Counsel, John Cosmic, Atty., Federal Power Comm., Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before TUTTLE, JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

Continental Oil Company is a natural gas company within the meaning of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 717 et seq. It sells the gas produced from a single dry gas well in Lea County, New Mexico, to El Paso Natural Gas Company. In its brief, Continental asserts: "Sale of the gas takes place in the well head. Delivery occurs at the point where the facilities owned by Continental end and the facilities owned by El Paso begin; that is, at...

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