PURE OIL COMPANY v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION

No. 13392.

299 F.2d 370 (1962)

The PURE OIL COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

February 26, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Snodgrass, Palatine, Ill., Ben A. Harper, and Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, Houston, Tex., of counsel.

Howard E. Wahrenbrock, Sol., Federal Power Commission, Washington, D. C., Ralph S. Spritzer, Gen. Counsel, Luke R. Lamb, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Milton J. Grossman, Atty., Federal Power Commission, Washington, D. C., for respondent.

C. Frank Reifsnyder, George D. Horning, Jr., Washington, D. C., Allen R. Grambling, El Paso, Tex., for intervenor, El Paso Natural Gas Co., Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D. C., and Hardie, Grambling, Sims & Galatzan, El Paso, Tex., of counsel.

Harry P. Letton, Jr., John Ormasa, Los Angeles, Cal., for intervenor Southern Cal. Gas Co.

Milford Springer, Robert M. Olson, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., for intervenor Southern Counties Gas Co. of Cal.

Malcolm H. Furbush, Richard H. Peterson, F. T. Searls, San Francisco, Cal., for intervenor-respondent, Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

William M. Bennett, Chief Counsel, Public Utilities Commission, State of California, J. Calvin Simpson, Senior Counsel, John T. Murphy, Counsel, San Francisco, Cal., for the People of Cal. and Public Utilities Commission of Cal.

Before DUFFY, CASTLE and SWYGERT, Circuit Judges.


CASTLE, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, The Pure Oil Company, petitions to set aside an order of the Federal Power Commission, respondent, which refused to allow Pure to file and charge a rate of 16 cents per Mcf for natural gas theretofore being supplied to El Paso Natural Gas Company under three separate contracts at 10.6 and 11 cents per Mcf. The Commission refused to permit the filings on the ground that they were not authorized by the contracts between Pure and El...

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