Mississippi Power & Light Company v. United Gas Pipe Line Company, State of Mississippi, Plaintiff-Intervenor

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• enumerating situations when application of primary jurisdiction is inappropriate including when no set of facts would change a clear violation of federal law
• detailing the problems likely to occur when courts improperly abstain pursuant to primary jurisdiction
• \Development of the factual context by those expert in the area is an established basis for primary jurisdiction.\
• “Development of the factual context by those expert in the area is an established basis for primary jurisdiction.”
• referral appropriate for issue of damage suit by customer against pipeline for curtailment of deliveries, at time when Commission was developing curtailment policy, because such damage suits could disrupt resolution of curtailment problem
• referral appropriate for issue of damage suit by customer against pipeline for curtailment of deliveries, at time when Commission was developing curtailment policy, because such damage suits could disrupt resolution of curtailment problem

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