CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, ST. OF LA. v. UNITED GAS P. L. CO.

Civ. A. Nos. 74-2049, 74-2324, 74-2659.

390 F.Supp. 861 (1974)

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, et al. v. UNITED GAS PIPE LINE COMPANY GULF STATES UTILITIES COMPANY v. UNITED GAS PIPE LINE COMPANY LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY v. UNITED GAS PIPE LINE COMPANY and Pennzoil Company.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

December 6, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blake G. Arata, Jacob Taranto, III, New Orleans, La., for City.

W. C. Nelson, New Orleans, La., Clayton L. Orn, Houston, Tex., for N. O. Public Service.

Orgain, Bell & Tucker, Beaumont, Tex., Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, La., for Gulf States Utilities Co.

Andrew P. Carter, New Orleans, La., for La. Power & Light Co.

Harry B. Kelleher, Ernest L. Edwards, C. Murphy Moss, New Orleans, La., William B. Cassin, Phillip D. Endom, Perry O. Barber, Houston, Tex., for United Gas Pipe Line Co.

Gene W. Lafitte, New Orleans, La., for Pennzoil Co.


ALVIN B. RUBIN, District Judge:

In yet another battle of the legal war that may fix the burden of, and determine who may profit from, the nationwide shortage of natural gas,1 Louisiana Power & Light (LP&L), Gulf States Utilities (GSU), and New Orleans Public Service, Inc. (NOPSI), all of whom purchase natural gas from United Gas Pipeline Co., Ltd. (United) and are classified as direct sales purchasers,2

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