CF INDUSTRIES, INC. v. SURFACE TRANSP. BD.

Nos. 00-1209, 00-1213 and 00-1248.

255 F.3d 816 (2001)

CF INDUSTRIES, INC., Petitioner, v. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD and United States of America, Respondents. Farmland Industries, Inc. and Koch Pipeline Company, L.P., Intervenors

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 27, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell F. Hertz argued the cause for petitioners CF Industries, Inc. and Farmland Industries. With him on the briefs were Frederic L. Wood, Jeffrey O. Moreno, Scott A. Harvey, Jeffrey A. Rosen, Daryl Joseffer and Daniel T. Donovan. James D. Senger entered an appearance.

John G. Roberts, Jr. argued the cause for petitioner Koch Pipeline Company, L.P. With him on the briefs were Samuel M. Sipe, Jr., F. Michael Kail and Jonathan S. Franklin.

Theodore K. Kalick, Attorney, Surface Transportation Board, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Ellen D. Hanson, General Counsel, and John M. Nannes, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Robert P. Nicholson, Attorney, and John P. Fonte, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice.

Frederic L. Wood, Jeffrey O. Moreno, Scott A. Harvey, Jeffrey A. Rosen, Mitchell F. Hertz, Daryl Joseffer and Daniel T. Donovan were on the brief for intervenors CF Industries, Inc. and Farmland Industries, Inc. James D. Senger entered an appearance.

Samuel M. Sipe, Jr., F. Michael Kail, John G. Roberts, Jr. and Jonathan S. Franklin were on the brief for intervenor Koch Pipeline Company L.P.

Before: EDWARDS, RANDOLPH, and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GARLAND.

GARLAND, Circuit Judge:

In 1996, Koch Pipeline Company, L.P. raised shipping rates on its anhydrous ammonia pipeline. Pipeline customers CF Industries, Inc. and Farmland Industries, Inc. challenged the rate increase before the Surface Transportation Board (STB). The Board found the new rates unreasonable. In these consolidated petitions for review, Koch disputes the STB's decision to lower the rates, while...

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