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HECHT CO. v. SOUTHERN U. CO.

No. 78-958-M Civil.

474 F.Supp. 1022 (1979)

The HECHT COMPANY, a New Mexico Corporation, et al., Plaintiffs, v. SOUTHERN UNION COMPANY, a corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Mexico.

May 14, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Garrett, Clovis, N. M., Witherspoon, Aikin & Langley, Hereford, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Wilson W. Herndon, Jerry L. Beane, Strasburger & Price, Dallas, Tex., Charles F. Hawkins, Gen. Counsel, Southern Union Co., Dallas, Tex., Montgomery, Andrews & Hannahs, Walter J. Melendres, Santa Fe, N. M., for Southern Union Co., Southern Union Gathering Co. and Gas Co. of New Mexico.

Vinson & Elkins, Houston, Tex., John C. Snodgrass, Travis Broesche, Alison L. Smith, and Ortega & Snead, Arturo G. Ortega, Albuquerque, N. M., for Aztec Oil and Gas Co. and Southland Royalty.

Campbell & Black, Michael B. Campbell, Santa Fe, N. M., for Consolidated Oil and Gas Co., Inc.

Bingaman & Davenport, Anne K. Bingaman, Santa Fe, N. M., for Southern Union Production.

Jason W. Kellahin, Santa Fe, N. M., for Continental Oil Co., for defendants.

ORDER

MECHEM, District Judge.

The plaintiff Hecht Company is a New Mexico corporation conducting farming activities in Curry County, New Mexico. The individual plaintiffs also engage in farming in Curry and Roosevelt Counties, New Mexico. The defendants are producers of natural gas sold for consumption in New Mexico. The defendants insist that plaintiffs by their complaint are simply contesting the state-approved rate for natural gas per mcf. The plaintiffs...

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