SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AREA RATE CASES v. FEDERAL POW. COM'N

No. 27492 et al.

428 F.2d 407 (1970)

SOUTHERN LOUISIANA AREA RATE CASES, Austral Oil Co., et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 19, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Morris, Edwin S. Nail, Tulsa, Okl., for Amerada Hess Corporation.

Carroll L. Gilliam, Philip R. Ehrenkranz, Grove, Jaskiewicz and Gilliam, Washington, D. C., for Alco Oil and Gas Corporation.

Edward J. Kremer, Dallas, Tex., Sherman S. Poland, Ross, Marsh & Foster, Washington, D. C., Charles E. McGee, Washington, D. C., for Atlantic Richfield Company.

J. Evans Attwell, Vinson, Elkins, Searls & Connally, Houston, Tex., for Austral Oil Company, Inc.

Homer D. Johnson, William C. Charlton, Pampa, Tex., for Cabot Corporation.

C. C. Cammack, Tulsa, Okl., R. J. Leithead, Bartlesville, Okl., Sherman S. Poland, Ross, Marsh & Foster, Washington, D. C., for Cities Service Company.

C. C. Cammack, Tulsa, Okl., R. J. Leithead, Bartlesville, Okl., for Cities Service Oil Co.

Thomas H. Burton, Jr., Houston, Tex., for Continental Oil Company.

Morris Wright, Cobb & Wright, New Orleans, La., for Estate of William G. Helis, a Partnership.

H. H. Hillyer, Jr., Milling, Saal, Saunders, Benson & Woodward, New Orleans, La., for J. R. Frankel.

E. A. Courtney, Hammond, La., for Gas Gathering Corporation.

Cecil E. Munn, Cantey, Hanger, Gooch, Cravens & Munn, Fort Worth, Tex., for General American Oil Company of Texas.

W. McIver Streetman, Andrews, Kurth, Campbell & Jones, Houston, Tex., for General Crude Oil Co.

Clyde E. Willbern, Houston, Tex., for Getty Oil Co.

Warren M. Sparks, B. James McGraw, Tulsa, Okl., for Gulf Oil Corp.

Martin N. Erck, Robert L. Norris, Kirby Ellis, Sherman S. Poland, James D. McKinney, Jr., Ross, Marsh & Foster, Washington, D. C., for Humble Oil & Refining Company, Humble Gas Transmission Company.

Willard P. Scott, Lynn Adams, Oklahoma City, Okl., James E. Bye and Barkley Clark, Denver, Colo., for Kerr-McGee Corp.

Kenneth Heady, John R. Rebman, Bartlesville, Okl., for Phillips Petroleum Co.

James E. Thompson, Ardmore, Okl., Richard L. Schrepferman, Denver, Colo., Philip R. Ehrenkranz, Grove, Jaskiewicz and Gilliam, Washington, D. C., for Samedan Oil Corporation.

Oliver L. Stone, Thomas G. Johnson, New York City, for Shell Oil Company.

Richard F. Remmers, Oklahoma City, Okl., for Sohio Petroleum Co.

John E. Watson, Houston, Tex., for Tenneco Oil Company.

James D. Annett, Robert E. Newey, Houston, Tex., William K. Tell, Jr., New York City, for Texaco Inc.

Douglas C. Gregg, George C. Bond, Los Angeles, Cal., John C. Snodgrass, Vinson, Elkins, Searls & Connally, Houston, Tex., for Union Oil Company of California.

Joseph F. Diver, Jack Fariss, Morton Taylor, Findlay, Ohio, for Marathon Oil Co.

J. Evans Attwell, Vinson, Elkins, Searls & Connally, Houston, Tex., for J. Ray McDermott & Company, Inc.

James E. Bye, Holme, Roberts & Owen, Denver, Colo., for Midwest Oil Corp.

Tom P. Hamill, Robert D. Haworth, Houston, Tex., William H. Tabb, Dallas, Tex., Carroll L. Gilliam, Philip R. Ehrenkranz, Grove, Jaskiewicz and Gilliam, Washington, D. C., for Mobil Oil Corp.

Frank Johnson, Houston, Tex., for Newmont Oil Company.

H. Y. Rowe, El Dorado, Ark., for Ocean Drilling & Exploration Company.

J. P. Hammond, T. C. McCorkle, Tulsa, Okl., Carroll L. Gilliam, Grove, Jaskiewicz and Gilliam, Washington, D. C., for Pan American Petroleum Corp.

Reuben Goldberg, Washington, D. C., George E. Morrow, Memphis, Tenn., Charles F. Wheatley, Jr., Washington, D. C., for petitioner, Municipal Distributors Group.

Murray Christian, Herbert W. Varner, Houston, Tex., Frank P. Saponaro, Jr., Washington, D. C., for petitioner Superior Oil Co.

Robert W. Henderson, Donald K. Young, Paul W. Hicks, Dallas, Tex., for petitioners Hunt Oil Company, and others.

Cecil N. Cook, Neal Powers, Jr., Butler, Binion, Rice, Cook & Knapp, Houston, Tex., for John W. Mecom, Lake Washington Inc., U. S. Oil of Louisiana Inc., U. S. Oil of Louisiana, Ltd., Bradco Properties, Inc. and Freeport Sulphur Co.

Raymond N. Shibley, Patterson, Belknap, Farmer & Shibley, Washington, D. C., for petitioners.

Donald R. Arnett, Tulsa, Okl., Stanley M. Morley, Francis H. Caskin, Louis Flax, Shannon and Morley, Washington, D. C., for Sun Oil Co.

Justin R. Wolf, Joel Yohalem, Washington, D. C., for The California Co., a Division of Chevron Oil Co., petitioner; Wolf & Case, Washington, D. C., Woollen H. Walshe, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

Richard A. Solomon, Gen. Counsel, David J. Bardin, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Peter H. Schiff, Sol., Leo E. Forquer, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Reuben Lozner, Robert C. McDiarmid, David F. Stover, Washington, D. C., for respondent, Federal Power Commission; Lloyd E. Dietrich, Robert A. Jablon, Richard V. Mattingly, Jr., Attys., of counsel.

Morton L. Simons, Washington, D. C., Kent H. Brown, Albany, New York, for Public Service Commission of the State of New York.

W. J. Stark, San Antonio, Tex., Richard F. Generelly, Shannon and Morley, Washington, D. C., for Forest Oil Corp.

C. R. Eyster, San Antonio, Tex., for Forest.

John E. Holtzinger, Jr., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Washington, D. C., for Associate Gas Dist.

Jerome J. McGrath, Harry L. Albrecht, Washington, D. C., for Independent Natural Gas Association of America.

Elliott G. Flowers, Houston, Tex., for Union Tex.

William R. Slye, Houston, Tex., for Texaco Inc.

Before THORNBERRY, COLEMAN and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

This is a proceeding to review orders of the Federal Power Commission setting maximum rates for wellhead sales of natural gas produced in the Southern Louisiana area. Thirty-seven producer petitioners challenge the rates as too low.1 Eight pipeline companies are also involved in the proceedings, and they concur with the producers that the rates are too low.2 On the other hand, certain...

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