SHELL OIL COMPANY v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION

Nos. 74-3304, 74-3330, 74-4032, 74-4034, 74-4036, 74-4038, 74-4040, 74-4042 and 74-4044.

509 F.2d 176 (1975)

SHELL OIL COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent. The RODMAN CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 20, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Johnson, William G. Riddoch, William A. Wood, Jr., E. M. Sutter, Houston, Tex., for petitioners.

Leo E. Forquer, Gen. Counsel, F. P. C., George W. McHenry, Sol., Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Morton L. Simons, Washington, D. C., for Sen. Abourezk.

William B. Cassin, Phillip D. Endore, Houston, Tex., Knox Benis, W. DeVier Pierson, C. Richard Cornelius, Washington, D. C., for United Gas Pipe Line Co.

Jeron Stevens, Houston, Tex., R. Gordon Gooch, Bruce F. Kiely, John P. Mathis, Washington, D. C., for Tenneco.

Joseph M. Wells, Paul E. Goldstein, Chicago, Ill., for Natural Gas Pipeline Co.

Lilyan G. Sibert, Leland F. Cadenhead, Houston, Tex., for Tenn. Gas Pipeline Co.

John L. Williford, C. J. Roberts, Charles Laurence Pain, Bartlesville, Okl., for Phillips Petroleum.

William A. Sackmann, Findlay, Ohio, for Marathon Oil Co.

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

John H. Cooper, Jr., Martin N. Erck, Houston, Tex., for Exxon.

Tom Burton, Houston, Tex., for Continental Oil.

Peter H. Schiff, Albany, N. Y., Richard A. Solomon, Washington, D. C., for P. S. C.—N. Y.

Tom P. Hamill, Houston, Tex., for Mobil Oil Co.

Ronald J. Jacobs, David C. Henri, Tulsa, Okl., for Skelly Oil Co.

Edward J. Kremer, Jr., Dallas, Tex., for Atlantic Richfield.

Kirk W. Weinert, C. Fielding Early, Jr., Roger L. Brandt, Houston, Tex., for Texaco.

Kenneth L. Riedman, Jr., George C. Bond, Los Angeles, Cal., for Union Oil Co.

Edward J. Grenier, Jr., Richard P. Noland, Floyd I. Robinson, Jr., Washington, D. C., for General Motors Corp.

Richard F. Generelly, Washington, D. C., Jere G. Hayes, Robert C. Murray, Dallas, Tex., for General American Oil Co.

Justin R. Wolf and Richard F. Generelly, Washington, D. C., for California Co.—Div. of Chevron Oil.

Jerome J. McGrath, Washington, D. C., for Interstate Natural Gas Assoc. of America.

Patrick J. McCarthy, Omaha, Neb., for Northern Natural Gas Co.

Frederick Moring, Washington, D. C., for Associated Gas Distributors.

Before BELL, CLARK, and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


BELL, Circuit Judge:

Despite the energy crisis and the fact that the orders forming the subject matter of the instant petitions for review are said to grant the largest rate increase in the history of regulatory agencies, the review process is at a standstill pending decision on jurisdiction as between this court and the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. As will be seen, the problem stems, in the main, from the option given by statute, § 19(b) of...

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