CITIES SERVICE GAS CO. v. STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION

No. 48,397

222 Kan. 598 (1977)

567 P.2d 1343

CITIES SERVICE GAS COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant, v. THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS, G.T. VAN BEBBER, As Chairman, R.C. LOUX and WILLIAM C. GRAY, As Members of Said Commission, and Their Respective Successors in Office, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 11, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel R. Hopkins, of Oklahoma City, and Mark H. Adams, of Adams, Jones, Robinson, and Malone, Chartered, of Wichita, argued the cause, and were on the brief for the appellant.

R. Edward Brausa, special counsel, of Glaves, Weil, and Evans, of Wichita, and Charles H. Apt, city attorney, of Iola, argued the cause, and W. Robert Alderson, general counsel, of State Corporation Commission, was with them on the briefs for the appellees.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

PRAGER, J.:

The issue to be determined in this case is whether the direct sale of natural gas to five Kansas municipalities by the Cities Service Gas Company, an interstate pipeline company, is within the jurisdiction of the Kansas State Corporation Commission.

Cities Service is an interstate natural gas company as defined by and subject to the provisions of the Natural...

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