WILLMUT GAS AND OIL CO. v. FEDERAL POWER COM'N

Nos. 16245, 16289, 16326.

299 F.2d 111 (1962)

WILLMUT GAS AND OIL COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent, United Gas Pipe Line Company, Mississippi River Fuel Corporation, Texas Gas Transmission Corporation, City of Memphis and The Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division, Louisville Gas and Electric Company, Intervenors. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY GAS COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent, United Gas Pipe Line Company, Mississippi River Fuel Corporation, Texas Gas Transmission Corporation, City of Memphis and The Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division, Louisville Gas and Electric Company, Intervenors. PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC COMPANY and The United Gas Improvement Company, Petitioners, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent, United Gas Pipe Line Company, Mississippi River Fuel Corporation, Texas Gas Transmission Corporation, Louisville Gas and Electric Company, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 4, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Reuben Goldberg, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. George Spiegel, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for petitioner in No. 16289, argued for all petitioners.

Messrs. Bryce Rea, Jr., and Thomas M. Knebel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for petitioner in No. 16245.

Messrs. J. David Mann, Jr., William W. Ross and John E. Holtzinger, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on the brief for petitioners in No. 16326.

Mr. Howard E. Wahrenbrock, Sol., Federal Power Commission, with whom Messrs. John C. Mason, Gen. Counsel, Federal Power Commission, at the time the brief was filed, and now Deputy Gen. Counsel, Luke R. Lamb, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Federal Power Commission, and Milton J. Grossman, Atty., Federal Power Commission, were on the brief, for respondent.

Mr. Thomas Fletcher, Houston, Tex., with whom Messrs. C. Huffman Lewis and Vernon W. Woods, Shreveport, La., were on the brief, for intervenor United Gas Pipe Line Co.

Mr. Thomas F. Ryan, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Christopher T. Boland, Washington, D. C., and Daniel K. O'Connell, Owensboro, Ky., were on the brief for intervenor Texas Gas Transmission Corp.

Mr. W. Russell Gorman, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for intervenor Mississippi River Fuel Corp.

Mr. Thomas F. Brosnan, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for intervenor Louisville Gas and Electric Co.

Mr. George E. Morrow, Memphis, Tenn., was on the brief for intervenors City of Memphis and Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division.

Before EDGERTON, FAHY and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.


EDGERTON, Circuit Judge.

We are to review under § 19(b) of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 717r(b), a Federal Power Commission order of January 4, 1961, 25 FPC 26, captioned United Gas Pipe Line Company, Docket Nos. G-9547 and G-10592, in two proceedings resulting from rate increases filed by United, a major interstate natural gas pipeline. Petitioners are customers directly or indirectly of United. The increases were filed September 30, 1955 and May...

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