U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1959

Humble Oil & Refining Company v. Federal Power Commission

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided June 3, 1959 · Tuttle, Jones, Brown

266 F.2d 235 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

W. J. Merrill, Washington, D. C., Carl Illig, William H. Holloway, Houston, Tex., E. W. Montgomery, II, Jackson, Miss. (Nelson Jones, Houston, Tex., on the brief), for intervenor., Howie, Howie & Montgomery, Jackson, Miss., on the brief for intervenors., M. M. McGowan, Jackson, Miss., pro se. (Wright, Overstreet, Kuykendall & Perry, Jackson, Miss., on the brief)., Willard W. Gatchell, Gen. Counsel, Howard E. Wahrenbrock, Solicitor, William W. Ross, Atty., Federal Power Comm., Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Cases that cite this one

4 later published cases cite this decision.

Sun Oil Company v. Federal Power Commission (5th Cir. 1959)
S. W. Richardson v. Federal Power Commission (5th Cir. 1959)
Magnolia Petroleum Company v. Federal Power Commission (5th Cir. 1959)
Hunt Oil Company v. Federal Power Commission (5th Cir. 1959)

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Opinion

266 F.2d 235

HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY, Petitioner,
v.
FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent.

No. 17128.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 17, 1959, Rehearing Denied June 3, 1959.

Petition for Review of Orders of the Federal Power Commission.

W. J. Merrill, Washington, D.C., Carl Illig, William H. Holloway, Houston, Tex., E. W. Montgomery, II, Jackson, Miss. (Nelson Jones, Houston, Tex., on the brief), for intervenor.

Howie, Howie & Montgomery, Jackson, Miss., on the brief for intervenors.

M. M. McGowan, Jackson, Miss., pro se. (Wright, Overstreet, Kuykendall & Perry, Jackson, Miss., on the brief).

Willard W. Gatchell, Gen. Counsel, Howard E. Wahrenbrock, Solicitor, William W. Ross, Atty., Federal Power Comm., Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before TUTTLE, JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.

JONES, Circuit Judge.

This is a companion case to the four cases decided today which are styled Sun Oil Company v. Federal Power Commission, 5 Cir., 266 F.2d 222; Hunt Oil Company v. Federal Power Commission, 5 Cir., 266 F.2d 232; Magnolia Petroleum Company v. Federal Power Commission, 5 Cir., 266 F.2d 234; and Richardson v. Federal Power Commission, 5 Cir., 266 F.2d 233.

The facts in this case are not different in any material respect from those in Sun Oil Company v. Federal Power Commission, supra. For the reasons assigned in the opinion in that case, the orders of the Federal Power Commission are

Affirmed.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge (dissenting).

For dissenting opinion see Sun Oil Company v. Federal Power Commission, 5 Cir., 1959, 266 F.2d 222, 227.

Rehearing denied: JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge, dissenting.

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