Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John H. Cheatham, III, Washington, D.C., with whom Judith M. Johnson, Houston, Tex., was on the brief for petitioner, Interstate Natural Gas Ass'n of America.
Douglas G. Robinson, Washington, D.C., with whom Erica A. Ward, Enid L. Veron, Washington, D.C., and Michael K. Chapman, Houston, Tex., were on the brief for petitioner, Lone Star Gas Co. Rodney O. Thorson, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for petitioner.
William W. Brackett, Washington, D.C., with whom Daniel F. Collins and Terry O. Vogel, Washington, D.C., Michigan Wisconsin Pipe Line Co., Thomas F. Ryan, Jr., and Richard T. Boone, Washington, D.C., Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., Paul E. Goldstein, Chicago, Ill., Harry L. Albrecht and Robert D. Rosenberg, Washington, D.C., Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America, Cleon L. Burt, St. Louis, Mo., and John B. Rudolph, Washington, D.C., Mississippi River Transmission Corp., Dean W. Wallace, and John B. Will, Omaha, Neb., Northern Natural Gas Co., were on the brief for petitioners, Michigan Wisconsin Pipe Line Co., et al.
Frederick Moring, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for petitioner, Associated Gas Distributors.
J. David Mann, Jr., Washington, D.C., was on the brief for petitioner, Laclede Gas Co.
Joel M. Cockrell, Atty., F.E.R.C., Washington, D.C., with whom Charles A. Moore, Gen. Counsel, Houston, Tex., Jerome M. Feit, Sol., F.E.R.C., and George H. Williams, Jr., Atty., F.E.R.C., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for respondent.
Douglas W. Rasch, Houston, Tex., with whom Edmunds Travis, Jr., Houston, Tex., Exxon Corp., David M. Whitney, Houston, Tex., Aminoil USA, Inc., et al., Arthur Wright, Dallas, Tex., Atlantic Richfield Co., Justin R. Wolf and George Rothschild, Washington, D.C., Chevron USA, Inc., Tom Burton and Ernest T. Altgelt, Houston, Tex., Conoco, Inc., Charles M. Darling, IV, Washington, D.C., and Thomas J. Eastment, New York City, General American Oil Co. of Tex., Cloy D. Monzingo and Roger L. Brandt, Houston, Tex., Getty Oil Co., Lawrence E. Glenn and Thomas A. Loftus, III, Houston, Tex., Gulf Oil Corp., Edwin S. Nail, Houston, Tex., Houston Oil and Mineral Corp., Robert D. Haworth and Edgar K. Parks, Houston, Tex., Mobil Oil Corp., et al., Patricia A. Curran, Houston, Tex., Pennzoil Co., C.J. Roberts, Charles L. Pain and Jennifer A. Cates, Phillips Petroleum Co., Ronald D. Hurst, Dallas, Tex., Placid Oil Co., Thomas G. Johnson and Robert A. Hasty, Jr., Houston, Tex., Shell Oil Co., Harry W. Sullivan, Jr., and Becky McGee, Dallas, Tex., Sun Exploration and Production Co., Pat Timmons, Houston, Tex., The Superior Oil Co., Phyllis Rainey and Richard G. Harris, Houston, Tex., Tenneco Oil Co., Karen A. Berndt, Washington, D.C., Texaco Inc., and Lois E. Gold, Los Angeles, Cal., Union Oil Co. of California, were on the brief for producer intervenors. Edward J. Kremer, Dallas, Tex., Atlantic Richfield Co., Carolyn S. Hazel, Houston, Tex., Conoco Inc., Martin N. Erck, Houston, Tex., and Joseph G. Stiles, Washington, D.C., Exxon Corp., Bernard A. Foster, III, Washington, D.C., Getty Oil Co., Charles J. McClees, Jr., Houston, Tex., Mobil Oil Corp. and Gordon Gooch, Washington, D.C., Tenneco Oil Co., also entered appearances, for producer intervenors.
William T. Benham, Houston, Tex., entered an appearance for intervenor, Amoco Production Co.
Albert D. Hoppe, Dallas, Tex., entered an appearance for intervenor, Arco Oil and Gas Co.
Karol Lyn Newman, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenor, Laclede Gas Co.
Bernard A. Foster, III, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenor, Louisiana Land and Exploration Co.
George J. Meiburger, Frank X. Kelly, Washington, D.C., and John B. Will, Omaha, Neb., entered appearances for intervenor, Northern Natural Gas Co.
Raymond N. Shibley, Brian D. O'Neill and L. Charles Landgraf, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenors, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., et al.
Christopher T. Boland, Washington, D.C., and J. Derrill Cody, Owensburg, Ky., entered appearances for intervenor, Texas Gas Transmission Corp.
William J. Grove, Jr., Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenor, Valero Transmission Co.
Philip J. Mause, Washington, D.C., Norman A. Pedersen, Peggy Kobacker Shiffrin, Los Angeles, Cal., and Steven M. Schur, Madison, Wis., were on the brief for amicus curiae; The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin supporting reversal.
Before ROBINSON, Chief Judge, and MIKVA and SCALIA, Circuit Judges.