PACIFIC NATURAL GAS CO. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION

No. 16498.

276 F.2d 350 (1960)

PACIFIC NATURAL GAS CO., a corporation, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

March 14, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Preston, Thorgrimson & Horowitz, Seattle, Wash., Metzger, Blair & Gardner, A. E. Blair, Tacoma, Wash., for petitioner.

Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Gregory A. Harrison, Malcolm T. Dungan, San Francisco, Cal., Leon M. Payne, Andrews, Kurth, Campbell & Bradley, Houston, Tex., Richard Gray, Houston, Tex., for intervener, Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corp.

Willard W. Gatchell, Gen. Counsel, Howard E. Wahrenbrock, Sol., W. Russell Gorman, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Leo Forquer, Peter H. Schiff, Attys., Federal Power Commission, Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before MAGRUDER, HAMLIN and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges.


MAGRUDER, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, Pacific Natural Gas Company, is a distributor in the State of Washington of natural gas which it purchases from Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corporation. 98.6 per cent of its requirements consists of "industrial gas", that is, gas purchased for resale for industrial use only. The Natural Gas Act provides that all rates and charges by any natural gas company in connection with the transportation or sale of natural gas subject to the...

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