D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Holds SFPP Liable for Reparations to Petroleum Product Shippers Stemming from Dispute over Unfiled Rate Contracts

摘要

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a decision on 1/15/10 that again upheld FERC's authority in rate matters involving oil pipeline contracts and let stand Commission-ordered reparations that SFPP LP must make to complaining shippers using its Watson Station facilities. Circuit Judge Judith Rodgers delivered the opinion on behalf of the three-judge panel comprised of herself, Circuit Judge Thomas Griffith, and Senior Circuit Judge Lawrence Silberman. (D.C. Circuit, SFPP, LP v. FERC (No. 08-1110)).