MESA PETROLEUM CO. v. KANSAS POWER & LIGHT CO.

No. 52,646

230 Kan. 166 (1981)

630 P.2d 1129

MESA PETROLEUM COMPANY, Appellant, v. THE KANSAS POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Byrd and Walker A. Hendrix, of Anderson, Byrd & Richeson, of Ottawa, E.F. Russell, of Ulysses, and Barry Cannaday and Jeffrey G. Shrader, of Amarillo, Texas, were on the brief for the appellant.

Jerome T. Wolf, Basil W. Kelsey and Terry W. Schackmann, of Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne, of Kansas City, Missouri, Gene H. Sharp, of Vance, Hobble, Neubauer, Nordling, Sharp & McQueen, P.A., of Liberal, David S. Black, of Topeka, and James L. Grimes, Jr., of Cosgrove, Webb & Oman, of Topeka, were on the brief for the appellee.

A.J. Schwartz, of Morris, Laing, Evans, Brock & Kennedy, of Wichita, and C.J. Roberts, Larry Pain, and Jennifer A. Cates, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, were on the amicus curiae brief for Phillips Petroleum Company.

Charles J. Woodin, of Foulston, Siefkin, Powers & Eberhardt, of Wichita, was on the amici curiae brief for Petroleum, Inc., Pickrell Drilling Company, McCoy Petroleum Company, and KIOGA.

John E. Robertson, of Denver, Colorado, and Jack D. Sage and Richard Jones, of Hershberger, Patterson, Jones & Roth, of Wichita, were on the amicus curiae brief for Mobil Oil Corporation.

R.H. Landt, of Denver, Colorado, and Glenn D. Young, Jr., of Gott, Young & Bogle, P.A., of Wichita, were on the amicus curiae brief for Amoco Production Company.

Joseph W. Morris, of Houston, Texas, and John F. Jones, of Ottawa, were on the amicus curiae brief for Shell Oil Company.

Thomas A. Loftus, III, of Houston, Texas, and Winton A. Winter, Jr., of Stevens, Brand, Lungstrum, Golden & Winter, of Lawrence, were on the amicus curiae brief for Gulf Oil Corporation.


OPINION ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

OIL AND GAS — Price Escalator Clause in Gas Purchase Contract — Price Increase Not Triggered by Enactment of Natural Gas Policy Act.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

FROMME, J.:

Mesa Petroleum Company, appellant, filed a Motion for Rehearing in this case. Various other gas companies as friends of this court sought and obtained permission to file briefs in support of appellant's Motion...

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