MASSEY

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (12 total)

• United States v. W. Elec. Co., 900 F.2d 283 (D.C. Cir. 1990)
  …n we defer to agency interpretations of their own ambiguous statutes, Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. NRDC, 467 U.S. 837, 104 S.Ct. 2778, 81 L.Ed.2d 694 (1984), or of contracts, National Fuel Gas Supply Corp. v. FERC, 811 F. 2d 1563 (D.C.Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 869, 108 S.Ct. 200, 98 L.Ed.2d 151 (1987), we do so on the assumption that Congress delegated to departments or agencies the reconciliation of agency policies implicated in that function — institutional concerns not present when we review district court…
• Panhandle E. Pipe Line Co. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n, 881 F.2d 1101 (D.C. Cir. 1989)
  …analyze contracts,” and because the Commission has superior technical expertise. Tarpon Transmission Co. v. FERC, 860 F. 2d 439, 441-42 (D.C.Cir.1988) (citing National Fuel Gas Supply Corp. v. FERC, 811 F. 2d 1563, 1569-70 (D.C.Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 869, 108 S.Ct. 200, 98 L.Ed.2d 151 (1987)). Nonetheless, courts continue to play a “vital role” in ensuring that FERC’s contract interpretations are “amply supported both factually and legally.” Id. at 442 (quoting Vermont Dep’t of Pub. Serv. v. FERC, 8…
• Cajun Elec. Power Coop., Inc. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n, 924 F.2d 1132 (D.C. Cir. 1991)
  …his court. II. We are confronted, at the outset, with the claim that we are obliged to defer to the Commission’s interpretation of the contract under the authority of National Fuel Gas Supply Corp. v. FERC, 811 F. 2d 1563 (D.C.Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 869, 108 S.Ct. 200, 98 L.Ed.2d 151 (1987). The claim is made by the intervenor, not FERC, and we think FERC’s litigating position was the wiser course. We did hold in National Fuel that FERC’s interpretation of a settlement agreement between the Commis…