COLUMBIA GAS DEVELOPMENT CORP., et al., Petitioners,
v.
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent.
POGO PRODUCING CO., Petitioners,
v.
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 31, 1981.
July 31, 1981.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
H. Carter Howard, Lowell E. Williams, Scott Douglas Cunningham, Houston, Tex., Michael J. Manning, Patrick J. Keeley, Fulbright & Jaworski, Washington, D. C., for Columbia Gas Development Corp.
Paul W. Fox, Charles H. Shoneman, Bracewell & Patterson, Washington, D. C., for Texas Gas Exploration Corp.; Dennis J. Kelly, Mary Anne McGee, Houston, Tex., of counsel.
Baker & Botts, Jeron Stevens, George F. Goolsby, Paul G. VanWagenen, Houston, Tex., for Pogo Producing Co., et al.
Baker & Botts, R. Gordon Gooch, Charles E. Suffling, Charles M. Darling, Washington, D. C., Michael B. Silva, Phyllis G. Rainey, Houston, Tex., for Tenneco Oil Co.
Jerome Nelson, Sol., Washington, D. C., John H. Conway, Tulsa, Okl., for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Michael J. Manning, Washington, D. C., for Forrest Oil Corp. and Coleve.
Patrick J. Keeley, Michael J. Manning, Washington, D. C., for Energy Ventures, Inc.
Ralph J. Pearson, Jr., Paul J. Broyles, Robert P. Thibault, John A. Ramsey, Karen A. Berndt, Houston, Tex., for Texaco, Inc.
C. Roger Hoffman, Martin N. Erck, Houston, Tex., for Exxon Corp.
Neal Powers, Jr., Houston, Tex., for Ecee, Inc., et al. and Inexco Oil Co.
Arthur S. Berner, Houston, Tex., for Inexco Oil Co.
Larry Pain, Bartlesville, Okl., for Phillips Petroleum Co.
David M. Whitney, Dallas, Tex., for Aminoil USA, Inc.
Patricia A. Curran, Houston, Tex., for Pennzoil Oil & Gas Inc., Pennzoil Co. and Pennzoil Producing Co.
Before HENDERSON, ANDERSON and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in the orders under review provided that natural gas producers holding "optional procedure" certificates under 18 C.F.R. § 2.75 could not seek the new, higher ceiling rates under the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA), 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 3301-3432. Petitioners seek review of these FERC orders. Because this Court finds that FERC based its order on a proper interpretation of...
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