TENNECO OIL COMPANY and Continental Oil Company et al., Petitioners,
v.
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent.
EL PASO NATURAL GAS COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
SUN OIL COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 6, 1978.
September 6, 1978.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Gordon Gooch, Washington, D. C., for Tenneco Oil Co., et al., Crown Central Petroleum, and Morris Mizel, et al.
Leo J. Hoffman, Dallas, Tex., for Sun Oil Co. (Del.).
Robert D. Haworth, Houston, Tex., for Mobil Oil Corp.
W. B. Browder, Jr., Midland, Tex., for W. Watson LaForce, Jr., et al.
Sherman S. Poland, Washington, D. C., for William G. Webb, et al.
Michael J. Henke, Washington, D. C., for Union Oil Co. of Calif.
George B. Mickum, III, Washington, D. C., for Atlantic Richfield Co.
Steven A. Taube, Philip R. Telleen, Federal Energy Regulatory Comm., Howard E. Shapiro, Sol., Washington, D. C., for Federal Energy Regulatory Comm.
John L. Williford, Bartlesville, Okl., for Phillips Petroleum Co.
J. O. Terrell Couch, Houston, Tex., for Robert Beamon, et al.
John S. Fick, Los Angeles, Cal., for Southern California Gas Co.
Edwyn R. Sherwood, Colorado Springs, Colo., for Colorado Interstate Gas Co.
R. G. Thayer, Jr., Janice E. Kerr, San Francisco, Cal., for People of State of Cal. and Public Utilities Comm. of State of Cal.
Daniel Joseph, Jack W. Hanks, Washington, D. C., David K. Watkiss, Salt Lake City, Utah, for Northwest Pipeline Corp.
Shirley A. Woo, San Francisco, Cal., for Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
R. H. Landt, Denver, Colo., for Amoco Production Co.
Paul R. Connolly, Washington, D. C., for El Paso Natural Gas Co.
Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and GODBOLD and RONEY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
ORDER:
These consolidated cases present an issue that is best handled by awaiting the action of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in the related administrative proceeding raising essentially the same substantive question: Whether certain natural gas lease-sale agreements are sales of gas in interstate commerce within the meaning of § 5 of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 717d. See United Gas Improvement Co. v. Continental Oil Co. ("Rayne...
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