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WILLIAMS NATURAL GAS CO. v. CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY

Nos. 89-6209, 89-6227 and 89-6228.

890 F.2d 255 (1989)

WILLIAMS NATURAL GAS COMPANY, a Utah Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, Smith Cogeneration, Inc., an Oklahoma Corporation, and Powersmith Co-Generation Project, a limited partnership, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants, v. The CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY, a Municipal Corporation, and Oklahoma Natural Gas Company, a Delaware Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 22, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas E. Nordlinger of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Washington, D.C. (J. Clayton La Grone, William R. Burkett & Steven L. Tolson of Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, Oklahoma City, Okl., John S.L. Katz and John N. Estes of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Washington, D.C., and S. Paul Hammons of Andrews, Davis, Legg, Bixler, Milsten & Price, P.C., Oklahoma City, Okl., on the briefs), for plaintiff-appellant and plaintiffs-intervenors-appellants.

Curtis M. Long of Huffman Arrington Kihle Gaberino & Dunn, Tulsa, Okl. (J. Clarke Kendall II, Gerald L. Hilsher, and Brad D. Fuller of Huffman Arrington Kihle Gaberino & Dunn, Burck Bailey, Harry H. Selph II, Doneen Douglas Jones, and Thomas J. Enis of Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippens, Oklahoma City, Okl., on the briefs), for defendants-appellees.

Catherine C. Cook, Gen. Counsel, Jerome M. Feit, Sol., and Katherine Waldbauer filed an amicus curiae brief for the F.E.R.C.

Before McKAY, LOGAN, and BRORBY, Circuit Judges.

BRORBY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, where that court denied appellant's motion to construe federal condemnation rights under the Natural Gas Act and to disregard and stay the order of the Oklahoma County District Court. The order of the federal district court, issued May 30, 1989, effectively denied appellants full enforcement of a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC" or "Commission...

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