MICHIGAN CONSOL. GAS CO. v. PANHANDLE EAST. PIPE LINE CO.

Nos. 88-1650, 88-1680, 88-1774, 88-1858.

887 F.2d 1295 (1989)

MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS COMPANY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPE LINE COMPANY, Defendants-Appellees. NATIONAL STEEL CORPORATION and Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. William E. LONG and Edwyna G. Anderson, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 6, 1989.

Rehearing Denied November 3, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Fink, Brian J. Renaud, Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman, Lansing, Mich., Jeffrey M. Petrash (argued), Washington, D.C., for Mich. Consol. Gas Co., plaintiffs-appellants.

Donald L. Keskey and Henry J. Boynton (argued), Asst. Attys. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for State of Mich. and Mich. Public Service Com'n, plaintiffs-intervenors.

Daniel J. Demlow, Sandra L. Jasinski, James A. Ault, Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, Lansing, Mich., William F. Braeuninger, Monroe, Mich., for Mich. Gas Utilities Co., plaintiff-intervenor.

Raymond N. Shibley (argued), LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, Washington, D.C., Donald L. Keskey and Henry J. Boynton, Asst. Attys. Gen., Lansing, Mich., Roderick S. Coy, Martha R. Moyer, Douglas H. West, Hill, Lewis, Adams, Goodrich & Tait, Carson Grunewald, James A. Smith, Dennis J. LeVasseur, Vincent J. Tatone, Bodman, Long & Dahling, Detroit, Mich., Dennis J. Kelley, Houston, Tex., Richard Zomnir, Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir, Pittsburgh, Pa., Daniel J. Demlow, James A. Ault, Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, Lansing, Mich., William F. Braeuninger, Monroe, Mich., for Dennis J. Levasseur and Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., defendants-appellees.

Richard C. Sanders, Jean G. Schtokal, Roderick S. Coy, Martha R. Moyer, Douglas H. West (argued), Hill, Lewis, Adams, Goodrich & Tait, Detroit, Mich., for National Steel Corp., defendant-appellant.

Donald L. Keskey and Henry J. Boynton (argued), Asst. Attys. Gen., Louis J. Caruso, Sol. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for William E. Long and Edwyna G. Anderson, defendants-appellants.

Jerome M. Feit (argued), Frank R. Lindh, F.E.R.C., Washington, D.C., amicus curiae.

Roberta L. Halladay, Morgan, Lewis & Bockins, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae, United Distribution Companies.

Anne L. Hammerstein, Office of Atty. Gen., Columbus, Ohio, for amicus curiae, Ohio Public Utilities Com'n.

John F. Ebbott, Public Service Com'n of Wis., Madison, Wis., amicus curiae.

Frederic Moring, Crowell & Moring, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae, Associated Gas Distributor.

Richard J. Aaron, Lomis, Ewert, Ederer, Parsley, Davis & Gotting, Lansing, Mich., for amicus curiae, Southeastern Mich. Gas Co., Michigan Gas Co. and Battle Creek Gas Co.

George C. Vena, Ark. Public Service Com'n, Little Rock, Ark., amicus curiae.

Before MERRITT, Chief Judge, and MILBURN, Circuit Judge, and LIVELY, Senior Circuit Judge.


MILBURN, Circuit Judge.

In these consolidated actions, appellants Michigan Consolidated Gas Company ("MichCon"); Michigan Gas Utilities Company ("MGU"); the State of Michigan; the Michigan Public Service Commission ("MPSC"); and William E. Long and Edwyna G. Anderson appeal the summary judgment granted against them by the district court on the ground that Michigan's authority to regulate the interstate transportation of...

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