PICKRELL DRILLING CO. v. KANSAS CORPORATION COMM'N

No. 54,765

232 Kan. 397 (1982)

654 P.2d 477

PICKRELL DRILLING COMPANY, Applicant, v. THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF KANSAS, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed December 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Byrd, of Anderson, Byrd & Richeson, of Ottawa, argued the cause, and Walker A. Hendrix, of the same firm, was with him on the briefs for the applicant.

David S. Black, of Kansas Power & Light Company, of Topeka, argued the cause and was on the brief for the respondent Kansas Power & Light Company.

Brian J. Moline, general counsel, Kansas Corporation Commission, argued the cause and was on the brief for the respondent Kansas Corporation Commission.

Jennifer A. Cates, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, was on the brief for amicus curiae Phillips Petroleum Company.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

HERD, J.:

This is an appeal from an order of the Kansas Corporation Commission dismissing Pickrell Drilling Company's petition for approval of its requested natural gas price increase.

The case began as a dispute between Pickrell Drilling Company and the Kansas Power and Light Company (KP&L) over the construction of a price redetermination clause in a natural gas purchase contract between the two parties...

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