EL PASO NATURAL GAS CO. v. SUN OIL CO.

No. MO-74-CA-57.

426 F.Supp. 963 (1977)

EL PASO NATURAL GAS CO., Plaintiff, Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corp. et al., Intervenors, v. SUN OIL COMPANY et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Texas, Midland-Odessa Division.

January 27, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Connolly, J. Alan Galbraith, William E. McDaniels, Williams, Connolly & Califano, Washington, D. C., Charles Sapp, W. Robert Brown, Liddell, Sapp, Zivley & Brown, Houston, Tex., Richard S. Morris, Harris S. Wood, El Paso Natural Gas Co., El Paso, Tex., for El Paso Natural Gas Co.

David K. Watkiss, Watkiss & Campbell, Salt Lake City, Utah, Daniel F. Collins, Ross, Marsh & Foster, Washington, D. C., James M. O'Leary, Shafer, Gilliland, Davis, Bunton & McCollum, Odessa, Tex., for intervenor, Northwest Pipeline Corp.

Rufus G. Thayer, San Francisco, Cal., for intervenor, People of the State of Cal. and Public Utilities Commission of the State of Cal.

Thomas F. Brosnan, John F. Harrington, Gallagher, Connor & Boland, Washington, D. C., for intervenors, Tucson Gas & Elec. Co., Washington Natural Gas Co., Southern Union Gas Co.

Leonard L. Snaider, C. H. McCrea, Las Vegas, Nev., for intervenor, Southwest Gas Corp.

Howard V. Golub, Donald L. Freitas, San Francisco, Cal., Jack Q. Tidwell, Deaderick, McMahon, Cox, Todd & Tidwell, Odessa, Tex., for intervenor, Pacific Gas & Elec. Co.

Ed M. Cage, Herf M. Weinert, G. David Neal, Dallas, Tex., Leo J. Hoffman, Strasburger, Price, Kelton, Martin & Unis, Dallas, Tex., W. B. Browder, Jr., Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy, Laughlin & Browder, Midland, Tex., for Sun Oil Co.

George B. Mickum, III, Steven H. Brose, Steptoe & Johnson, Washington, D. C., Edward J. Kremer, Jr., Horace N. Burton, Dallas, Tex., W. B. Browder, Jr., Midland, Tex., for Atlantic Richfield Co.

Robert D. Haworth, Mobil Oil Corp., Houston, Tex., Philip R. Ehrenkranz, Craig W. Hulvey, Grove, Jaskiewicz, Gilliam & Cobert, Washington, D. C., W. B. Browder, Jr., Midland, Tex., for Mobil Oil Corp.

W. A. Schneeberg, American Petrofina Co. of Texas, Dallas, Tex., Gordon Gooch, Charles M. Darling, Baker & Botts, Washington, D. C., W. B. Browder, Jr., Midland, Tex., for American Petrofina Co. of Texas.

James J. Dawson, Gene Burke, Cable, McDaniel, Bowie & Bond, Baltimore, Md., Gordon Gooch, Washington, D. C., W. B. Browder, Jr., Midland, Tex., for Crown Central Petroleum Corp.

Edward Kliewer, Jr., Kliewer & Hood, Dallas, Tex., Gordon Gooch, Washington, D. C., for Delta Drilling Co. (Delta Drilling Corp.)

Dee H. Richardson, Union Oil Company of Cal., Midland, Tex., Platt W. Davis, III, Michael J. Henke, Vinson, Elkins, Searls, Connally & Smith, Washington, D. C., W. B. Browder, Jr., Midland, Tex., for Union Oil Co. of Cal.

Lionel E. Z., Cohen, Tulsa, Okl., Gordon Gooch, Washington, D. C., for Mr. and Mrs. Morris Mizel.

Vernon M. Turner, Houston, Tex., Millard F. Carr, Tenneco Corp., Denver, Colo., Gordon Gooch, Washington, D. C., W. B. Browder, Jr., Midland, Tex., for Tenneco Corp.

Thomas H. Burton, Jr., Continental Oil Co., Houston, Tex., Gordon Gooch, Washington, D. C., W. B. Browder, Jr., Midland, Tex., for Continental Oil Co.

W. B. Browder, Jr., Midland, Tex., for W. Watson LaForce, Jr., et al.


MEMORANDUM ORDER

SUTTLE, District Judge.

This is a suit under the Natural Gas Act of 1938.1 Its genesis is in the differential between the unregulated price of intrastate gas and the regulated price of interstate gas. El Paso Natural Gas Company produces natural gas for the interstate market. Plaintiffs claim that the Defendants must first seek certification from the Federal Power Commission (FPC) before they can collect overriding...

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