NORTHWEST CENT. PIPELINE CORP. v. JER PARTNERSHIP

Nos. 90-1067, 90-1090.

943 F.2d 1219 (1991)

NORTHWEST CENTRAL PIPELINE CORPORATION, renamed Williams Natural Gas Company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JER PARTNERSHIP; Ellis Petroleum Corporation, Inc.; Yuma County Oil Corporation, Inc.; Prima Energy Corporation; Alpar Resources, Inc.; Talus Properties Ltd.; John P. Lockridge, Defendants-Appellees. NORTHWEST CENTRAL PIPELINE CORPORATION, renamed Williams Natural Gas Company, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JER PARTNERSHIP; Yuma County Oil Corporation, Inc., Defendants-Appellants, and Ellis Petroleum Corporation, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Schmidt of Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C., Tulsa, Okl. (C. Kevin Morrison and Wade R. Wright of Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C., Tulsa, Okl., Michael S. McCarthy and Catherine A. Lemon of Faegre & Benson, Denver, Colo., and Lewis A. Posekany, Gen. Counsel of Williams Natural Gas Co., Tulsa, Okla., with him on the briefs), for plaintiff-appellant.

Theodore M. Smith, Denver, Colo. (Barry W. Spector, Denver, Colo., with him on the briefs), for defendants-appellees/cross-appellants, Yuma County Oil Co. and JER Partnership.

Gary C. Davenport of McGloin, Davenport, Severson and Snow, Denver, Colo. (Eric A. Beltzer of McGloin, Davenport, Severson and Snow, Denver, Colo., William F. Demarest, Jr. of Holland & Hart, Washington, D.C., with him on the briefs), for defendants-appellees, Prima Energy Corp., Alpar Resources, Inc., Talus Properties Ltd. Partnership, and John P. Lockridge.

Before ANDERSON and McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and ALLEY, District Judge.


STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

Williams Natural Gas Company ("Williams") appeals a district court order granting judgment to defendant/appellees. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

This dispute involves the interpretation of three long-term natural gas purchase contracts. Williams operates an interstate natural gas pipeline. In 1982, Williams1 entered into a series of contracts to purchase...

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