Case: Continental Oil Co. et al. v. Federal Power Commission; Superior Oil Co. v. Federal Power Commission; New Mexico et al. v. Federal Power Commission; Sun Oil Co. v. Federal Power Commission et al.; California et al. v. Skelly Oil Co. et al.; Hunt Oil Co. et al. v. Federal Power Commission; Pacific Gas & Electric Co. et al. v. Skelly Oil Co. et al.; Bass et al. v. Federal Power Commission; Federal Power Commission v. Skelly Oil Co. et al.; and City of Los Angeles v. Skelly Oil Co. et al.
Abbreviation: Continental Oil Co. v. Federal Power Commission
Decision Date: 1967-06-12
Docket Number: No. 1274; No. 1287; No. 1291; No. 1292; No. 1293; No. 1294; No. 1295; No. 1302; No. 1342; No. 1412
Citation: 388 U.S. 906
Volume: 388
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Continental Oil Co. et al. v. Federal Power Commission; Superior Oil Co. v. Federal Power Commission; New Mexico et al. v. Federal Power Commission; Sun Oil Co. v. Federal Power Commission et al.; California et al. v. Skelly Oil Co. et al.; Hunt Oil Co. et al. v. Federal Power Commission; Pacific Gas & Electric Co. et al. v. Skelly Oil Co. et al.; Bass et al. v. Federal Power Commission; Federal Power Commission v. Skelly Oil Co. et al.; and City of Los Angeles v. Skelly Oil Co. et al.
Judges: 
Pages: 906–908

Head Matter:
No. 1274.
No. 1287.
No. 1291.
No. 1292.
No. 1293.
No. 1294.
No. 1295.
No. 1302.
No. 1342.
No. 1412.
Continental Oil Co. et al. v. Federal Power Commission; Superior Oil Co. v. Federal Power Commission; New Mexico et al. v. Federal Power Commission; Sun Oil Co. v. Federal Power Commission et al.; California et al. v. Skelly Oil Co. et al.; Hunt Oil Co. et al. v. Federal Power Commission; Pacific Gas & Electric Co. et al. v. Skelly Oil Co. et al.; Bass et al. v. Federal Power Commission; Federal Power Commission v. Skelly Oil Co. et al.; and City of Los Angeles v. Skelly Oil Co. et al.

Opinion:
C. A. 10th Cir. These cases will hereafter be referred to collectively as the "Permian Basin Area Rate Cases."
Motions to supplement petitions in Nos. 1293 and 1295 granted. Petitions for writs of certiorari granted and cases consolidated for oral argument, eight hours being assigned for the hearing of these cases and any other cases which may be granted with respect to the "Permian Basin Area Rate Cases." Such time is to be divided among the parties, with four hours allotted to those supporting the order of the Federal Power Commission and four hours to those attacking such order, the division of time among counsel on each side to be settled among themselves. Briefs of those parties supporting the order of the Federal Power Commission shall be filed on or before August 25, 1967, and of those attacking such order shall be filed on or before October 9, 1967.
Bruce B. Merrill, Joseph C. Johnson and Thomas H. Burton for Continental Oil Co., and Cecil N. Cook for Midhurst Oil Corp., petitioners in No. 1274.
Murray Christian and H. W. Varner for petitioner in No. 1287.
Crawford C. Martin, Attorney General, George M. Cowden, First Assistant Attorney General, Houghton Brownlee, Jr., Linward Shivers and C. Daniel Jones, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, and A. J. Carubbi, Jr., for the State of Texas; and Boston E. Witt, Attorney General, and William J. Cooley, Special Assistant Attorney General, for the State of New Mexico, petitioners in No. 1291.
Robert E. May and Louis Flax for petitioner in No. 1292.
Mary Moran Pajalich and J. Calvin Simpson for petitioners in No. 1293.
Paul W. Hicks, Robert W. Henderson and Donald K. Young for petitioners in No. 1294.
Frederick T. Searls for petitioner Pacific Gas & Electric Co., and John Ormasa for petitioners Pacific Lighting Service & Supply Co. et al. in No. 1295.
J. Evans Attwell and W. H. Drushel, Jr., for petitioners in No. 1302, and for respondents Bass et al. in Nos. 1293 and 1342.
Solicitor General Marshall, Ralph S. Spritzer, Richard A. Posner, Richard A. Solomon and Peter H. Schiff for petitioner in No. 1342.
Roger Arnebergh for petitioner in No. 1412.
Oliver L. Stone and Thomas G. Johnson for Shell Oil Co.; Warren M. Sparks and Donald R. Arnett for Gulf Oil Corp., et al.; Kenneth Heady and John R. Rebmmn for Phillips Petroleum Co.; Joseph W. Morris and Edwin S. Nail for Amerada Petroleum Corp.; Homer E. Mc-Ewen, Jr., for Sunray DX Oil Co.; Charles E. McGee and John T. Ketcham for Sinclair Oil & Gas Co.; and Francis R. Kirkham and Justin R. Wolf for Standard Oil Co. of Texas, certain respondents in Nos. 1293, 1295, 1342 and 1412.
William K. Tell, Jr., for Texaco Inc.; J. P. Hammond, T. C. McCorkle, William H. Emerson and Carroll L. Gilliam for Pan American Petroleum Corp.; Carroll L. Gilliam for Mobil Oil Corp. et al.; Hawley C. Kerr and Sherman S. Poland for Skelly Oil Co.; Clayton L. Orn, Joseph F. Diver and Jack Fariss for Marathon Oil Co.; Martin Erck and Bernard A. Foster, Jr., for Humble Oil & Refining Co.; Stuart J. Scott and Bernard A. Foster, Jr., for Atlantic Richfield Co.; Gray don D. Luthey for Cities Service Oil Co. et al.; Jerome M. Alper for Reef Corp.; Oscar J. Cadwallader, Jr., for Tidewater Oil Co.; Richard F. Remmers for Sohio Petroleum Co.; and Bernard A. Foster, Jr., and James D. McKinney, Jr., for Dorchester Gas Producing Co. et al., certain respondents in Nos. 1293, 1295 and 1342. Reported below: 375 F. 2d 6.
[For earlier order in No. 1342, see 387 U. S. 902.]