KENTUCKY WEST VIRGINIA GAS COMPANY, Equitable Gas Company, a division of Equitable Resources, Inc., American Gas Association (Amicus Curiae),
v.
PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, Taliaferro, Linda C., Commissioner, Fischl, Frank, Commissioner, Shane, Bill, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Attorney General (Intervenor), Barasch, David M., Consumer Advocate (Intervenor),
Appeal of KENTUCKY WEST VIRGINIA GAS COMPANY and Equitable Gas Company, a division of Equitable Resources, Inc.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued April 15, 1986.
Decided June 2, 1986.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William A. Mogel (argued), William R. Mapes, Jr., Randall C. Smith, Ross, Marsh & Foster, Washington, D.C., for appellants Kentucky West Virginia Gas Co., et al.; Charles E. Thomas, Jr., Carroll F. Purdy, Thomas & Thomas, Harrisburg, Pa., of counsel.
Alphonso Arnold, Jr. (argued), Asst. Counsel, John F. Povilaitis, Deputy Chief Counsel, Daniel P. Delaney, Deputy Chief Counsel, Charles F. Hoffman, Chief Counsel, Pennsylvania Public Utility Com'n, Harrisburg, Pa., for appellee Pennsylvania Public Utility Com'n, et al.
William H. Satterfield, General Counsel, Jerome M. Feit, Solicitor, Joanne Leveque, Atty., F.E.R.C., Washington, D.C., for appellee F.E.R.C.
Leroy S. Zimmerman, Atty. Gen., Eugene F. Waye, Deputy Atty. Gen., Michael A. Finio (argued), Deputy Atty. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., for intervenor-appellee Atty. Gen. of Pennsylvania.
David M. Barasch, Consumer Advocate, H. Kay Dailey (argued), Asst. Consumer Advocate, Office of Consumer Advocate, Harrisburg, Pa., for intervenor-appellee Consumer Advocate of Pennsylvania.
David J. Muchow, Eric N. Wise, American Gas Ass'n, Arlington, Va., for amicus curiae American Gas Ass'n.
Before SEITZ, HIGGINBOTHAM, and BECKER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
SEITZ, Circuit Judge.
The Kentucky West Virginia Gas Company ("Kentucky West") and the Equitable Gas Company ("Equitable Gas") appeal from a final order of the district court dismissing their complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief, 620 F.Supp. 1458. The district court held that Burford v. Sun Oil Co.,319 U.S. 315, 63 S.Ct. 1098, 87 L.Ed. 1424 (1943...
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