SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS v. FEDERAL ENERGY REG. COM'N

Nos. 76-3914, 76-3971 to 76-3991, 76-4433 and 77-1364.

565 F.2d 871 (1977)

SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy R. Robertson, Jr., Ronald L. Kuehn, Birmingham, Ala., for Southern Natural Gas Co. in 76-3914 and intervenor in 76-3991.

Karol Lyn Newman, Washington, D. C., for Consolidated Gas Supply Corp. in 76-3971 and intervenor in Nos. 76-3914, 76-3991 and 76-4433.

J. David Mann, Jr., Washington, D. C., for Laclede Gas Co. in Nos. 76-3990 and intervenor in 76-3914.

Platt W. Davis, III, Washington, D. C., for Texas Eastern Transmission Corp. in 76-3991, and intervenor in Nos. 76-3971, 76-3990, 76-3914 and 76-4433.

Allan Abbot Tuttle, Sol., Diexel D. Journey, Gen. Counsel, John J. Lahey, Atty., Federal Power Commission, Washington, D. C., for Federal Power Commission.

Andrew P. Carter, New Orleans, La., for Louisiana Power & Light Co. in Nos. 76-3914, 76-3990 and 76-3971.

Christopher T. Boland, Washington, D. C., for Texas Gas Transmission Corp. in Nos. 76-3914, 76-3990, 76-3991 and 76-3971.

Edward J. Grenier, Jr., Washington, D. C. (lead counsel in 76-3990), for General Motors Corp. in Nos. 76-3914 and 76-3990.

Floyd I. Robinson, Washington, D. C., lead counsel, for General Motors Corp. in Nos. 76-3914, 76-3971, 76-3991 and 76-4433.

John T. Miller, Jr., Washington, D. C., for Allied Paper Inc., Monsanto Co., and Texasgulf Inc. in Nos. 76-3914, 76-3991, 76-3990, 76-3971 and 76-4433.

William T. Miller, Washington, D. C., for United Municipal Distributors in Nos. 76-3971, 76-3990, 76-3991, 76-3914 and 76-4433.

Michael J. Manning, Washington, D. C., for Entex, Inc. & La. Gas Service Co. in Nos. 76-3971, 76-3990, 76-3991, 76-3914 and 76-4433.

David B. Robinson, Washington, D. C., for State of Louisiana in Nos. 76-3971, 76-3990, 76-3991 and 76-3914.

Jerome Ackerman, Nicholas Fels, Washington, D. C., for Air Products & Chemical, Inc., et al. in Nos. 76-3971 and 76-3914.

William W. Bedwell, Washington, D. C., for Miss. River Transmission in Nos. 76-3971, 76-3990, 76-3914 and 76-3971.

John S. Schmid, Washington, D. C., for Bay State Gas Co., et al. in Nos. 76-3990, 76-3991, 76-3971 and 76-3914.

Richard A. Solomon, Washington, D. C., for Public Service Comm. of the State of N. Y. in Nos. 76-3990, 76-3991 and 76-4433.

Stephen J. Small, Charleston, W. Va., for Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. in Nos. 76-3990, 76-3914, 76-3991 and 76-3971.

Barbara M. Gunther, Brooklyn, N. Y., for Brooklyn Union Gas Co. & Elizabethtown Gas Co. in Nos. 76-3990 and 76-3991.

James R. Lacey, Newark, N. J., for Public Service Elec. & Gas Co. in Nos. 76-3990, 76-3914, 76-3991 and 76-3971.

Daniel J. Roberts, II, Providence, R. I., for New England State in Nos. 76-3990, 76-3991, 76-3914 and 76-3971.

George F. Bruder, Washington, D. C. (Substituted 11/28/77 for Howard E. Wahrenbrock, Washington, D. C., who argued), for Mobile Gas Service Corp., and Clarke-Mobile Counties Gas Dist. in Nos. 76-3991 and 76-3914.

Francis J. McShalley, Washington, D. C., for Algonquin Gas Transmission Corp. in No. 76-3991.

John M. Kuykendall, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for Miss. Valley Gas Co. in No. 76-3914.

Albert J. Feigen, Washington, D. C., for American Sugar Cane League of the U.S.A., Inc. in Nos. 76-3914 and 76-3971.

Jon D. Noland, Indianapolis, Ind., for Indiana Gas Co., Inc. in No. 76-3991.

Gordon P. MacDougall, Washington, D. C., for Pa. Public Utility Commission in No. 76-3971.

Harold L. Talisman, Washington, D. C., for Alabama Gas Corp. in Nos. 76-3991 and 76-3914.

Stephen Schachman, Philadelphia, Pa., for Philadelphia Gas Works in Nos. 76-3971 and 76-3914.

Clayton L. Orn, Houston, Tex., for N. O. Public Service, Inc.

Richard M. Merriman, Washington, D. C., for Miss. Power & Light Co.

Dennis J. Roberts, II, Providence, R. I., for Connecticut Public Utilities Control Authority, et al. in No. 77-1364.

W. DeVier Pierson, Ross F. Hamachek, Washington, D. C., for United Gas Pipe Line Co. in Nos. 76-3971, 76-3990, 76-3991, 76-3914 and 76-4433.

Before CLARK, RONEY and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.


ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR CLARIFICATION OR REHEARING AND MOTION TO DEFER ISSUANCE OF MANDATE

PER CURIAM:

In Southern Natural Gas Co. v. FPC, 543 F.2d 530 (5th Cir. 1976), this Court ordered into effect a modified four-priority curtailment plan for United Gas Pipe Line Company. The Court's subsequent decision in Southern Natural Gas Co. v. FPC, 547 F.2d 826 (5th Cir. 1977), inter...

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