AUSTRAL OIL CO. INC.

v.

FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION

Citator

Cited By (13 total)

• Hatch v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n, 654 F.2d 825 (D.C. Cir. 1981)
  …458 F. 2d 731, 748 (D.C.Cir.1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 1074, 92 S.Ct. 1495, 31 L.Ed.2d 808 (1972); Giles Lowery Stockyards, Inc. v. Department of Agriculture, supra; Continental Oil Co. v. FPC, 378 F. 2d 510, 519-20 (5th Cir. 1967), cert. denied, 391 U.S. 917, 88 S.Ct. 1801, 20 L.Ed.2d 655 (1968). But when, as here, the change is a qualitative one in the nature of the burden of proof so that additional facts of a different kind may now be relevant for the first time, litigants must have a meaningful op…
• Gillring OIL Co. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n, 566 F.2d 1323 (5th Cir. 1978)
  …ve ratemaking allowed). Equity In ordering a refund, the Commission is to explore and give due weight to [*1326] considerations of equity. Continental OH Co. v. FPC, 378 F. 2d 510, 532 (5th Cir. 1967), cert. denied sub nom. Austral Oil Co. v. FPC, 391 U.S. 917, 88 S.Ct. 1801, 20 L.Ed.2d 655 (1968). The statute allows refunds but does not require them. 15 U.S.C.A. § 717c(e). The ultimate balance of equitable consideration is committed to the Commission’s discretion. Placid Oil Co. v. FPC, 483 F. 2d 880, 90…
• Est. of L. D. French v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n, 603 F.2d 1158 (5th Cir. 1979)
  …d obligations. Gillring Oil Co. v. FERC, 5 Cir. 1978, 566 F. 2d 1323, 1325-26, cert. denied, 439 U.S. 823, 99 S.Ct. 91, 58 L.Ed.2d 115 (1978); Continental Oil Co. v. FPC, 5 Cir. 1967, 378 F. 2d 510, 532, cert. denied sub nom. Austral Oil Co. v. FPC, 391 U.S. 917, 88 S.Ct. 1801, 20 L.Ed.2d 655 (1968). Nevertheless, the courts have repeatedly noted that the Commission enjoys wide latitude in acting upon individual requests for special relief. FERC v. Pennzoil Producing Co., 439 U.S. 508, 519, 99 S.Ct. 765, 7…