Supreme Court of the United States, 1957

Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co. v. Federal Power Commission

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 29, 1957 · Consideration, Took

353 U.S. 944; 7 Oil & Gas Rep. 547; 1 L. Ed. 2d 794; 77 S. Ct. 792; 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1005 (United States Reports)

Counsel

James C. Denton, Jr., M. Darwin Kirk and Robert M. Scott for petitioner. Solicitor General Rankin and Willard W. Gatchell for respondent.

Cases that cite this one

12 later published cases cite this decision.

Sun Oil Company v. Federal Power Commission (5th Cir. 1959)
United Distribution Companies v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Windward Energy & Marketing Company, Intervenors (D.C. Cir. 1996)
Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co. v. Federal Power Commission (Supreme Court of the United States 1960)
Oklahoma Natural Gas Company v. Federal Power Commission, Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, Intervenors (D.C. Cir. 1958)
Pan American Petroleum Corporation v. Federal Power Commission (10th Cir. 1967)
Pan American Petroleum Corp. v. Federal Power Commission (10th Cir. 1967)
Cities Service Gas Company, a Corporation v. Federal Power Commission, Magnolia Petroleum Company, Intervenor (10th Cir. 1958)
The City Of Mesa, Arizona v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Fed. Cir. 1993)
City of Mesa v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (D.C. Cir. 1993)
Delaware River Port Authority v. Tiemann (District Court, D. New Jersey 1975)
Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Company v. Federal Power Commission (10th Cir. 1959)
Sun Oil Co. v. Federal Power Commission (Supreme Court of the United States 1960)

This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam:

The petition for writ of certiorari is granted. The power of the Court of Appeals in reviewing the order of the Federal Power Commission was exhausted when it held that the Commission had authority under § 7 (c) and (e) of the Natural Gas Act to issue certificates of public convenience and necessity of limited duration. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp., 318 U. S. 80. The judgment is therefore reversed and the case is remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit for remand to the Commission with directions to consider the applications on their merits. The Commission, now agreeing with the Court of Appeals as to its authority, agrees to this disposition of the case.

Mr. Justice Clark took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

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