UNITED STATES v. EL PASO NATURAL GAS COMPANY

Civ. A. No. C-2626.

358 F.Supp. 820 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. EL PASO NATURAL GAS COMPANY and Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

On Motion to Reinstate Decree August 30, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. McLaren, Asst. Atty. Gen., John H. Dougherty, Joseph J. Saunders, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., James L. Treece, U. S. Atty., Carolyn J. McNeill, Asst. U. S. Atty., Denver, Colo., for plaintiff.

Leon M. Payne, P. Dexter Peacock, Andrews, Kurth, Campbell & Jones, Houston, Tex., G. Scott Cuming, Gen. Counsel, El Paso Natural Gas Co., El Paso, Tex., E. G. Najaiko, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Houston, Tex., David F. Mackie, El Paso Natural Gas Co., El Paso, Tex., for defendants.

Gary Nelson, Atty. Gen., State of Ariz., Phoenix, Ariz., for intervenor State of Arizona ex rel. The Arizona Corp. Comm.

Nicholas H. Powell, Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix, Ariz., for intervenor Arizona Public Service Co.

A. Y. Holesapple, Holesapple, Conner, Jones, McFall & Johnson, Tucson, Ariz., for intervenor Tucson Gas & Electric Co.

Louis H. Callister, Callister, Kesler & Callister, Salt Lake City, Utah, for intervenors Arizona Public Service Co. and Tucson Gas & Electric Co.

John T. Miller, Washington, D. C., Frederic L. Kirgis, Gorsuch, Kirgis, Campbell, Walker & Grover, Denver, Colo., for intervenor State of Arizona ex rel. Arizona Corp. Comm., Arizona Public Service Co. and Tucson Gas & Electric Co.

Evelle J. Younger, Atty. Gen., Iver E. Skjeie, Deputy Atty. Gen., State of Cal., Sacramento, Cal., for intervenor People of the State of California.

James E. Faust, Salt Lake City, Utah, for intervenor California Pacific Utilities Co.

Sheldon Rosenthal, San Francisco, Cal., for intervenor Public Utilities Comm. of the State of California.

Richard B. Hooper, Wilbert C. Anderson, Jones, Grey, Kehoe, Bayley, Hooper & Olsen, Seattle, Wash., for intervenor Cascade Natural Gas Co.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., John E. Archibold, Robert E. Commins, Asst. Attys. Gen., Denver, Colo., for intervenor State of Colorado ex rel. Colorado Public Utilities Comm.

Paul W. Williams, Don B. Stookey, Cahill, Gordon, Sonnett, Reindel & Ohl, New York City, for intervenor The Committee of El Paso Natural Gas. Co. Institutional Bond and Debenture Investors.

W. Anthony Park, Atty. Gen., State of Idaho, Boise, Idaho, Idaho Public Utilities Commission c/o Marilyn Bourner, Secretary, Boise, Idaho, for State of Idaho ex rel. Idaho Public Utilities Comm.

Larry D. Ripley, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Elam, Burke, Jeppesen, Evans & Boyd, Boise, Idaho, for intervenor, State of Idaho ex rel. Idaho Public Utilities Comm.

Claude Marcus, Marcus & Marcus, Boise, Idaho, for intervenor Intermountain Gas Co.

Joseph S. Jones, Salt Lake City, Utah, John Crawford, Jr., Secretary and Gen. Counsel, Mountain Fuel Supply Co., Salt Lake City, Utah, for intervenor Mountain Fuel Supply Co.

Robert List, Atty. Gen., State of Nevada, Carson City, Nev., for intervenor Public Service Comm. of Nevada.

David L. Norvell, Atty. Gen., of New Mexico, Santa Fe, N. M., William J. Cooley, Joel B. Burr, Jr., Agency Asst. Attys. Gen., Farmington, N. M., for intervenor New Mexico Public Service Comm.

Harold W. Pierce, Portland, Or., for gon, Dept. of Justice, Salem, Or., Rich-

Lee Johnson, Atty. Gen., State of Oregon, Dept. of Justice, Salem, Or., Richard W. Sabin, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Oregon, Salem, Or., for intervenor State of Oregon ex rel. The Public Utility Com'r of Oregon.

Malcolm H. Furbush, Daniel E. Gibson, Joseph S. Englert, Jr., Pacific Gas and Electric Co., San Francisco, Cal., for intervenor Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

David R. Pigott, Donald J. Richardson, Jr., Chickering & Gregory, San Francisco, Cal., for intervenor San Diego Gas & Electric Co.

Rollin E. Woodbury, Vice Pres. & Gen. Counsel, Rosemead, Cal., R. Clyde Hargrove, Shreveport, La., for Southern California Edison Co.

John Ormasa, W. H. Owens, Southern California Gas Co., Los Angeles, Cal., for intervenor Southern California Gas Co.

Charles H. McCrea, Vice Pres. and Gen. Counsel, Lawrence V. Robertson, Jr., Gen. Atty., Las Vegas, Nev., for intervenor Southwest Gas Corp.

Edward F. Richards, Gustin & Richards, Salt Lake City, Utah, for intervenor Utah Gas Service Co.

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., Joseph P. McCarthy, H. Wright Volker, Asst. Attys. Gen., Salt Lake City, Utah, for intervenor Utah Public Service Comm.

John W. Chapman, Cartano, Botzer & Chapman, Seattle, Wash., for intervenor Washington Natural Gas Co.

Slade Gorton, Atty. Gen., Frank P. Hayes, Robert E. Simpson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Olympia, Wash., for intervenor Washington Utilities and Transmission Comm.

Robert L. Simpson, Paine, Lowe, Coffin, Herman & O'Kelly, Spokane, Wash., A. Wally Sandack, Draper, Sandack & Saperstein, Salt Lake City, Utah, for intervenor Washington Water Power Co.

Don M. Empfield, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Wyoming, Cheyenne, Wyo., for intervenor Public Service Comm. of Wyoming.

Gordon Gooch, Gen. Counsel, George P. Lewnes, Asst. Gen. Counsel, John P. Mathis, F. P. C., Washington, D. C., for Federal Power Comm., amicus curiae.

James D. Voorhees, Moran, Riedy & Voorhees, Denver, Colo., A. John Cressey, Vice Pres. and Gen. Counsel, Minneapolis, Minn., William R. Connole, Connole & O'Connell, Washington, D. C., for Banister Continental Corp.

David K. Watkiss, Pugsley, Hayes, Rampton & Watkiss, Salt Lake City, Utah, James D. McKinney, Jr., Ross, Marsh & Foster, Washington, D. C., C. H. McCall, Houston, Tex., John W. Hammett, Charles F. White, Oklahoma City, Okl., for The Alaska Interstate Apco-Gulf Tipperary Group.

Walter W. Sapp, Vice Pres. and Gen. Counsel, Colorado Springs, Colo., James L. White, Robert T. Connery, David G. Owen, Holland & Hart, Denver, Colo., for Colorado Interstate Corp.

Jefferson D. Giller, Howard Wolf, Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., Jack Ware, Uvalde, Tex., for Copaco, Inc.

Marvin J. Bertoch, Ray, Quinney & Nebeker, Salt Lake City, Utah, George S. Dibble, Jr., c/o Husky Oil Ltd., Cody, Wyo., Royce H. Savage, Boone, Ellison & Smith, Tulsa, Okl., for Husky Oil Ltd.

C. Keefe Hurley, Earle C. Cooley, Hale & Dorr, Boston, Mass., Brigham E. Roberts, Rawlings, Roberts & Black, Salt Lake City, Utah, for Paradox Production Corp.

Benjamin H. Parkinson, Jr., Ackerman, Johnston, Norberg & Parkinson, San Francisco, Cal., Hugh J. McClearn, Van Cise, Freeman, Tooley & McClearn, Denver, Colo., J. Evans Attwell, Lynn R. Coleman, Vinson, Elkins, Searls & Smith, Houston, Tex., J. Donald Brinkerhoff, U. S. Natural Resources, Inc., Menlo Park, Cal., Edward O. Werner, Hardy, Peal, Rawlings & Werner, New York City, Robert Paradise, The Ralph M. Parsons Co., Los Angeles, Cal., for Western Sunset Transmission Co.


FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, OPINION and DECREE

CHILSON, District Judge.

This case was brought in the District of Utah, Central Division as Civil Action No. 143-57, upon motion by the State of Idaho. The Court, on October 7, 1970, entered an order for transfer of the action to the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a).

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