MITCHELL ENERGY CORP. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION

No. 75-3110.

533 F.2d 258 (1976)

MITCHELL ENERGY CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 11, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Homer J. Penn, Houston, Tex., Frank P. Saponaro, Jr., Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Robert W. Perdue, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Drexel D. Journey, Gen. Counsel, Allan A. Tuttle, Sol., Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Before THORNBERRY, COLEMAN and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

The real issue in this case is whether all available natural gas reserves in the Pinehurst Field1 must continue to be delivered to Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (Tennessee). Mitchell Energy Corporation (Mitchell) contends that only the gas presently being produced from existing wells at designated depths must be so delivered. The Federal Power Commission held against...

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