ANR PIPELINE COMPANY; Colorado Interstate Gas Company; Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.; KN Energy, Inc.; Mississippi River Transmission Corp.; Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America; Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
Williams Natural Gas Company, Plaintiff-Appellee,
El Paso Natural Gas Company, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee,
Western Gas Interstate Company, Plaintiff,
v.
The CORPORATION COMMISSION OF the STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Defendant-Appellant,
Southern Natural Gas Company, Defendant-Appellee and Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant,
James B. Townsend, Norma Eagleton, and Hamp Baker, Commissioners of the Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma, Defendants.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 9, 1988.
November 9, 1988.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
S. Paul Hammons (William J. Legg, with him on the brief) of Andrews, Davis, Legg, Bixler, Milsten & Murrah, Oklahoma City, Okl., for plaintiffs-appellees, ANR Pipeline Co., et al.
Kent L. Jones and Donald L. Kahl of Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C., Tulsa, Okl., on the brief for plaintiff-appellee, Williams Natural Gas Co.
R. Thomas Seymour (Caralinn W. Cole, Tulsa, Okl., Donald J. MacIver, Jr., Eldon J. Mitrisin, Barry Schneiderwind, Thomas S. Jensen, El Paso, Tex., James M. Gaitis, Reserve, N.M., with him on the brief), Tulsa, Okl., for plaintiff-intervenor-appellee.
Patricia A. Watts (Lindil C. Fowler, Jr., Gen. Counsel, Gretchen P. Hoover, Deputy Gen. Counsel, on the briefs), Asst. Gen. Counsel, Oklahoma Corp. Com'n., Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendant-appellant.
John M. Grower (R. Wilson Montjoy II of Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, Jackson, Miss., John L. Arrington, Jr. and David E. Crawford of Huffman, Arrington, Kihle, Gaberino & Dunn, Tulsa, Okl., and, Joseph H. Moss, Jr. and John C. Griffin of Southern Natural Gas Co., Birmingham, Ala., with him on the briefs) of Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, Jackson, Miss., for defendant-appellee and defendant-intervenor-appellant.
Frederick Moring and David H. Soloman of Crowell & Moring, Washington, D.C., filed an amicus curiae brief for Associated Gas Distributors.
Hugh D. Rice and Robert J. Campbell, Jr., of Rainey, Ross, Rice & Binns, and Robert D. Stewart, Jr., Oklahoma Gas & Elec. Co., Oklahoma City, Okl., filed an amicus curiae brief for Oklahoma Gas & Elec. Co.
W. Bland Williamson of Pray, Walker, Jackman, Williamson & Marlar, Tulsa, Okl., Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Ass'n filed an amicus curiae brief for defendant-appellant.
Before MOORE, BARRETT, and BRORBY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
BRORBY, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs in the district court, several interstate natural gas pipelines (Pipelines), are engaged in the business of purchasing, transporting, and reselling natural gas across state lines. They commenced this action against the defendant Corporation Commission of the State of Oklahoma and its individual members, asking for a declaratory judgment holding that federal law pre-empted Oklahoma's ratable take statute and implementing regulation...
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