HOUSTON L & P CO. v. RAILROAD COM'N OF TEXAS

No. B-5294.

529 S.W.2d 763 (1975)

HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY, Appellant, v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied December 10, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anderson, Brown, Orn & Jones, Nelson Jones, Houston, Brown, Maroney, Rose, Baker & Barber, Charlie D. Dye, Austin, for appellant.

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., Rex H. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Fulbright & Jaworski, Jefferson D. Giller, Vinson, Elkins, Searls, Connally & Smith, F. J. Coleman, Jr., and J. Evans Attwell, Jerry Fortenberry and Alan Nash, Houston, for appellees.


REAVLEY, Justice.

Houston Lighting & Power Company brought this suit to set aside and to enjoin enforcement of an order of the Railroad Commission. The order under attack sets a curtailment program for United Texas Transmission Company; that is, the order assigns priorities for the delivery of natural gas by United Texas Transmission in the event and whenever its supply of gas is insufficient to meet the requirements of all of its customers. The trial court upheld...

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