MOBIL ALASKA PIPELINE CO.
v.
UNITED STATES ET AL.; EXXON PIPELINE CO. V. UNITED STATES ET AL.; AND BP PIPELINES, INC. V. UNITED STATES ET AL.

U.S. | 1977-10-20
Nos. A-278 (77-452); No. A-280 (77-457); No. A-319 (77-551)
Mr. Justice Stewart and Mr. Justice Powell took no part in the consideration or decision of this order.
434 U.S. 913 Supreme Court of the United States (1977) Positive Treatment
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Synopsis

The Supreme Court granted a stay of an Interstate Commerce Commission order suspending rate filings for the Trans Alaska Pipeline System, pending the Court's consideration of the pipeline companies' petitions for certiorari. The stay was conditioned on the companies' agreement to account for amounts collected under the proposed rates and to refund any sums ultimately determined to have been unlawfully collected.

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Opinion of the Court

C. A. 5th Cir. The applications for stay, presented to Mr. Justice Powell, and by him referred to the Court, are granted. The order of the Interstate Commerce Commission, served June 28, 1977, in its Investigation and Suspension Docket No. 9164, Trans Alaska Pipeline System (Rate Filings), is hereby stayed pending final disposition of the petitions for certiorari by this Court. The stays are conditioned upon applicants-petitioners’ agreement to keep' account of the amounts collected under the proposed rates, as that term is used in the order in this matter issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission on June 28, 1977, and their agreement to refund any portion of the amounts collected under such rates by virtue of the stay which it is ultimately determined that they were not lawfully entitled to collect. The parties shall submit a proposed order embodying this undertaking to the Clerk of this Court within five days.

Mr. Justice Stewart and Mr. Justice Powell took no part in the consideration or decision of this order.

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  • Trans Alaska Pipeline Rate Cases, 436 U.S. 631 (U.S. 1978)
    …, 557 F. 2d 775 (1977). Petitioners sought review in this Court and filed applications for a stay of the Commission’s suspension order, all relief having been denied by the Fifth Circuit. On October 20, 1977, we granted the applications for a stay, 434 U. S. 913, and we issued a supplemental stay order on November 14, 1977. 434 U. S. 949. Thereafter we granted certiorari to consider the three issues decided by the Court of Appeals. 434 U. S. 964. We affirm.17 [*639] II By the Act of Sept. 18, 1940, ch. 722…

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