Federal Power Commission v. Tennessee Gas Transmission Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
176 federal appellate · 15 district · 32 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 350 later decisions (30 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2010 · most notably Permian Basin Area Rate Cases (1968), Freedman v. Maryland (1965)
176 federal appellate · 15 district · 32 state decisions — followed in 10 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Appellate journey
reviewedTennessee Gas Transmission Company v. Federal Power Commission, Manufacturers Light and Heat Company, Ohio Fuel Gas Company, and United Fuelgas Company v. Federal Power Commission (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 717C · 15 U.S.C. § 717D · 15 U.S.C. § 717O
Relies on Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co. · Federal Power Commission v. Natural Gas Pipeline Co. · Public Service Commission of State of New York Tennessee Gas Transmission Co Public Service Commission of State of New York · Akron Ry Co v. United States · Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co. v. Federal Power Commission
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 350 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“to afford consumers a complete, permanent and effective bond of protection from excessive rates and charges.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Interstate Natural Gas Association of America v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Mobil Oil Corporation, General American Oil Company of Texas, Phillips Petroleum Company, Pennzoil Company, Mississippi River Transmission Corp., Shell Oil Company, Exxon Corporation, Laclede Gas Company, Getty Oil Company, Louisiana Land & Exploration Company, Associated Gas Distributors, Northern Natural Gas Company, Texas Gas Transmission Corporation, Texaco, Inc., Tenneco Oil Company, Houston Oil and Minerals Corporation, Gulf Oil Corporation, Placid Oil Company, Aminoil, Usa, Inc., Intervenors. Michigan Wisconsin Pipeline Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Mobil Oil Corporation, Amoco Production Company, General American Oil Company of Texas, Phillips Petroleum Company, Pennzoil Company, Exxon Corporation, Shell Oil Company, Tenneco Oil Company, Union Oil Company of California, Louisiana Land & Exploration Company, Getty Oil Company, Associated Gas Distributors, Laclede Gas Company, Sun Oil Company, Arco Oil & Gas Company, Placid Oil Company, Texaco, Inc., Gulf Oil Corporation, Intervenors. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Mobil Oil Corporation, General American Oil Company of Texas, Phillips Petroleum Company, Pennzoil Company, Shell Oil Company, Associated Gas Distributors, Getty Oil Company, Louisiana Land & Exploration Company, Texaco, Inc., Exxon Corporation, Sun Oil Company, Tenneco Oil Company, Houston Oil and Minerals Corporation, Gulf Oil Corporation, Placid Oil Company, Intervenors. Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Mobil Oil Corporation, General American Oil Company of Texas, Phillips Petroleum Company, Pennzoil Company, Shell Oil Company, Laclede Gas Company, Associated Gas Distributors, Getty Oil Company, Louisiana Land & Exploration Company, Texaco, Inc., Sun Oil Company, Chevron, Usa, Exxon Corporation, Tenneco Oil Company, Houston Oil and Minerals Corporation, Gulf Oil Corporation, Placid Oil Company, Intervenors. Lone Star Gas Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, General American Oil Company of Texas, Phillips Petroleum Company, Pennzoil Company, Shell Oil Company, Laclede Gas Company, Louisiana Land & Exploration Company, Getty Oil Company, Associated Gas Distributors, Valero Transmission Company, Texaco, Inc., Exxon Corporation, Sun Oil Company, Tenneco Oil Company, Houston Oil and Minerals Corporation, Gulf Oil Corporation, Placid Oil Company, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co., Intervenors. Laclede Gas Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Lone Star Gas Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Exxon Corporation, Conoco Inc., General American Oil Company of Texas, Pennzoil Company, Tenneco Oil Company, Union Oil Co. Of California, Getty Oil Company, Aminoil Usa, Inc., Gulf Oil Corporation, Texaco, Inc., Mobil Oil Corporation, Houston Oil and Minerals Corporation, Shell Oil Company, Atlantic Richfield Company, Sun Exploration and Production Co., Intervenors. Associated Gas Distributors v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission · Texas Eastern Transmission Corp. v. Federal Power Commission““It is, therefore, the duty of the Commission to look at ‘the backdrop of the practical consequences [resulting] * * * and the purposes of the Act,’ Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co. v. Federal Power Comm’n, 364 U.S. 137 , 147, 80 S.Ct. 1392 , 1399, 4 L.Ed.2d 1623 (1960), in exercising its discretion under § 16 to issue interim orders and, where refunds are found due, to direct their payment at the earliest possible moment consistent with due process.” 371 U.S. at 155 , 83 S.Ct. at 216-217 .”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“experience has shown this [refund] to be somewhat illusory....”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.