Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin
1954 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin, 347 U.S. 672 (1954), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States holding that sale of natural gas at the wellhead was subject to regulation under the Natural Gas Act.[1] Prior to this case, independent producers sold natural gas to interstate pipelines at unregulated prices with any subsequent sales for resale being regulated. The State of Wisconsin sought to close this regulatory loophole in order to keep consumer prices low. Natural gas producers argued that wellhead sales were exempt from federal regulation as "production and gathering." Below, the Federal Power Commission compiled an evidentiary record 10,000 pages long before deciding not to regulate wellhead sales. However, the courts reversed, and the case resulted in federal price controls on wellhead gas prices for the next 40 years.
Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin | |
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Argued April 6–7, 1954 Decided June 7, 1954 | |
Full case name | Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin |
Citations | 347 U.S. 672 (more) 74 S.Ct. 794; 98 L. Ed. 2d 1035; 1954 U.S. LEXIS 2620 |
Case history | |
Prior | 205 F.2d 706 (D.C. Cir. 1953); cert. granted, 346 U.S. 934 (1954). |
Subsequent | Rehearing denied, 348 U.S. 851 (1954). |
Holding | |
Wellhead sales of natural gas are subject to federal regulation | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Minton, joined by Warren, Black, Reed, Jackson |
Concurrence | Frankfurter |
Dissent | Douglas |
Dissent | Clark, joined by Burton |
Laws applied | |
Natural Gas Act; 15 U.S.C. § 717 |