COLORADO INTERSTATE GAS CO. v. STATE CORPORATION COMM.

Nos. 42,175, 42,176, 42,185, 42,230, (Consolidated) No. 42,038

192 Kan. 29 (1963)

386 P.2d 288

COLORADO INTERSTATE GAS COMPANY, NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY, CITIES SERVICE GAS COMPANY, and KANSAS-NEBRASKA NATURAL GAS COMPANY, Appellants and Cross-Appellees v. THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, SOUTHWEST KANSAS ROYALTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, and PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPE LINE COMPANY, each a corporation, Appellees. SOUTHWEST KANSAS ROYALTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION, a corporation, Appellee and Cross-Appellant v. THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPE LINE COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, CITIES SERVICE GAS COMPANY, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, NORTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY, and KANSAS-NEBRASKA NATURAL GAS COMPANY, each a corporation, Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed November 2, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm Miller, of Wichita, argued the cause, and L.M. Poe, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Carl T. Smith and Stuart R. Carter, both of Wichita, were with him on the briefs for appellant, Colorado Interstate Gas Company.

Mark Adams, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Conrad C. Mount, John T. Grant, George E. Peabody and Charles V. Wheeler, all of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, D.B. Lang, of Scott City, Lawrence I. Shaw, F. Vinson Roach and Patrick J. McCarthy, all of Omaha, Nebraska, Ray H. Calihan, Logan N. Green, Daniel R. Hopkins and Ray H. Calihan, Jr., all of Garden City, Charles E. Jones, William I. Robinson, J. Ashford Manka, Clifford L. Malone, Mark H. Adams, II, John S. Seeber, Floyd E. Jensen and Joe Rolston, all of Wichita, were with him on the briefs for the appellants, Northern Natural Gas Company, a Corporation and Cities Service Gas Company, a Corporation.

Douglas Gleason, of Ottawa, argued the cause, and James D. Conway and Elmer J. Jackson, both of Hastings, Nebraska, Thomas E. Gleason and Jules V. Doty, both of Ottawa, and Hollis B. Logan, of Topeka, were with him on the briefs for the appellant, Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Company, Inc.

Richard C. Byrd, of Ottawa, argued the cause, and J. Robert Wilson, John D. Townsend, Robert C. Londerholm, Charles R. Escola, Charles C. McCarter, Rex A. Jemison, Carl L. Wettig, and Glenn D. Young, all of Topeka, were with him on the briefs for the appellee, The State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas.

Robert T. Cornwell, of Wichita, argued the cause, and David W. Buxton, Wayne E. Coulson, Paul R. Kitch, Dale M. Stucky, Donald R. Newkirk, Gerrit H. Wormhoudt, Philip Kassebaum, John E. Rees, Robert J. Hill, Willard B. Thompson, Hugo T. Wedell, and Homer V. Gooing, all of Wichita, A.E. Kramer and Bernard E. Nordling, both of Hugoton, were with him on the briefs for the appellee, Southwest Kansas Royalty Owners' Association.

Chas. Vance, of Liberal, argued the cause, and C.C. Linley, of Liberal, Wendell J. Doggett and C.A. Conoley, both of Kansas City, Missouri, and Jeff A. Robertson, of Topeka, were with him on the briefs for the appellee, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

HATCHER, C.:

These appeals are from judgments rendered on petitions to review the orders of the State Corporation Commission determining the market demand for natural gas in the Kansas-Hugoton Gas Field for the six-months period beginning October 1, 1959, and extending through March 31, 1960, and also the monthly allowable for each month of such period.

The orders were litigated in two forums. The district...

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