PENNZOIL CO. v. FEDERAL ENERGY REG. COM'N

No. 80-1492.

645 F.2d 394 (1981)

PENNZOIL COMPANY et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baker & Botts, Washington, D. C., Charles M. Darling, IV, Charles E. Suffling, Washington, D. C., Patricia Curran, Julie Langdon, Pennzoil Co., Houston, Tex., for Pennzoil Co.

Jennifer Waters, Frederick Moring, Washington, D. C., for Associated Gas Distributors.

Peabody, Rivlin, Lambert & Meyers, Ralph A. Simmons, Jeremiah D. Lambert, Susan M. Liss, John T. Schell, Washington, D. C., for Independent Oil & Gas Assn. of West Virginia.

Jeffrey G. Shrader, Tulsa, Okl., for Williams Exploration Co.

Charles M. Darling, IV, Charles E. Suffling, Baker & Botts, Washington, D. C., for Ashland Exploration, Inc., General American Oil Co. of Texas, Texasgulf Inc. and Pogo Producing Co.

J. Paul Douglas, Jerome Nelson, Sol., Washington, D. C., for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

John E. Holtzinger, Jr., Karol Lyn Newman, Washington, D. C., for Consolidated Gas Supply Corp.

Letitia Z. Taitte, Robert D. Haworth, Charles J. McClees, Jr., Houston, Tex., for Mobil Oil Corp. et al.

C. Roger Hoffman, Martin N. Erck, Douglas W. Rasch, Houston, Tex., for Exxon Corp.

Dennis Lane, Richard A. Solomon, Washington, D. C., for Public Service Comm. of the State of New York.

Phyllis Rainey, Michael B. Silva, Houston, Tex., Charles M. Darling, IV, Washington, D. C., for Tenneco Oil Co.

James P. Holland, Charleston, W. Va., for Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.

Larry Pain, C. J. Roberts, John L. Williford, Bartlesville, Okl., for Phillips Petroleum Co.

Edward H. Gerstenfield, Bethesda, Md., for Carnegie Natural Gas Co.

Charles H. Shoneman, Bracewell & Patterson, Paul W. Fox, Washington, D. C., for Damson Oil Corp.

Lauren Eaton, Lawrence E. Glenn, Robert W. Fuller, A. Paul Brandimarte, Jr., Houston, Tex., for Gulf Oil Corp.

Robert P. Thibault, Karen A. Berndt, Ralph J. Pearson, Jr., Houston, Tex., for Texaco, Inc.

Roscoe C. Elmore, Jr., B. James McGraw, Houston, Tex., for Cabot Corp.

Amy M. Auslander, Augustine A. Mazzei, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa., for Equitable Gas Co.

David C. Henri, Cloy D. Monzingo, Roger L. Brandt, Houston, Tex., for Getty Oil Co.

Stanley W. Balis, William T. Miller, Washington, D. C., for Cities of Charlottesville and Richmond, Virginia.

William T. Benham, Chicago, Ill., for Amoco Production Co.

William R. Coleman, Joseph P. Stevens, Brooklyn, N. Y., for Fuel Resources, Inc.

Ronald D. Hurst, Paul W. Hicks, Dallas, Tex., for Placid Oil Co.

Michael G. Maloney, Edward J. Kremer, Jr., Albert D. Hoppe, Dallas, Tex., for Atlantic Richfield.

Robert A. Hasty, Jr., Thomas G. Johnson, Jr., Shell Oil Co., Houston, Tex., for Shell Oil Co.

Kenneth L. Riedman, Jr., Lois Ellen Gold, Los Angeles, Cal., for Union Oil Co.

Before HENDERSON, ANDERSON and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judge:

The petitions in this proceeding seek review of two orders, Opinion No. 77 and the May 2, 1980, denial of the application to rehear Opinion No. 77, of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("Commission"). Opinion No. 77 contains guidelines for the interpretation of pricing clauses in contracts regarding the sale of natural gas by producers to pipelines. The Commission and Consolidated...

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