SUNRAY DX OIL COMPANY v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION

Nos. 7781, 8298, 8311-8317, 8358-8360, 8362.

370 F.2d 181 (1966)

SUNRAY DX OIL COMPANY et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent, Gulf Oil Corporation, Humble Oil & Refining Company, Texaco Inc., and Sun Oil Company, Intervenors in Nos. 8311, 8312, 8313, and 8314.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

December 9, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William K. Tell, Jr., and William R. Slye, Cleveland, Ohio, for petitioners in Nos. 7781, 8298, 8315, 8316, 8358, 8359, 8360, and 8362, and for intervenors Gulf Oil Corporation, Humble Oil & Refining Co., and Texaco, Inc., in Nos. 8311, 8312, 8313, and 8314. With them on the briefs were:

Homer E. McEwen, Jr., and J. P. Greve, Tulsa, Okl., for Sunray DX Oil Co., petitioner in No. 7781;

Dixon Morgan and McAfee, Hanning, Newcomer, Hazlett & Wheeler, Cleveland, Ohio, and Richard F. Remmers, Oklahoma City, Okl., for Sohio Petroleum Co., petitioner in No. 8298;

James J. Flood, Jr., Houston, Tex., for Texaco, Inc., petitioner in No. 8315 and intervenor in Nos. 8311, 8312, 8313, and 8314;

Warren M. Sparks and Arthur F. Whitt, Tulsa, Okl., for Gulf Oil Corporation, petitioner in No. 8316 and intervenor in Nos. 8311, 8312, 8313, and 8314;

Wilmer D. Masterson, III, and Kilgore & Kilgore, Dallas, Tex., for Edwin L. Cox, petitioner in No. 8358;

Robert W. Henderson, Dallas, Tex., for Lamar Hunt, petitioner in No. 8359;

Carl Illig, Jesse H. Foster, Jr., and James K. Schooler, Houston, Tex., for Humble Oil & Refining Co., petitioner in No. 8360 and intervenor in Nos. 8311, 8312, 8313, and 8314;

Vernon W. Woods, Shreveport, La., for Union Producing Co., petitioner in No. 8362.

Phillip D. Endom, New Orleans, La., for Sun Oil Co., petitioner in No. 8317 and intervenor in Nos. 8311, 8312, 8313, and 8314. With him on the briefs were Robert E. May, Francis H. Caskin, and May, Shannon & Morley, Washington, D. C.,

Morton L. Simons, Washington, D. C., for petitioners in Nos. 8311, 8312, 8313, and 8314. With him on the briefs were:

William T. Coleman, Jr., and Robert W. Maris, Philadelphia, Pa., for United Gas Improvement Co., petitioner in No. 8311;

Samuel Graff Miller and Donald Blanken, Philadelphia, Pa., for Philadelphia Electric Co., petitioner in No. 8311;

Edwin F. Russell, Harry G. Hill, Jr., and Barbara M. Suchow, Brooklyn, N. Y., for Brooklyn Union Gas Co., petitioner in No. 8312;

Kent H. Brown, Albany, N. Y., for Public Service Commission of State of New York, petitioner in No. 8313;

Edward M. Barrett and Bertram D. Moll, Mineola, N. Y., for Long Island Lighting Co., petitioner in No. 8314.

Cyril S. Wofsy, Washington, D. C., for respondent. With him on the brief were Richard A. Solomon, General Counsel, Howard E. Wahrenbrock, Sol., and Joel Yohalem, Attorney, Federal Power Commission.

Before BREITENSTEIN, HILL and SETH, Circuit Judges.


BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

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