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· 5/29/1961

Pan American Petroleum Corp. v. Superior Court of Del. for New Castle Cty.

Citations

  • 366 U.S. 656
  • 81 S. Ct. 1303
  • 6 L. Ed. 2d 584
  • 1961 U.S. LEXIS 1957
  • 15 Oil & Gas Rep. 360

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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding that “the attainment of uniformity does not require that in every ease where the construction of a tariff is in dispute, there shall be a preliminary resort to the [ICC]”
  • stating that \the party who brings a suit is master to decide what law he will rely upon\
  • stating that “the party who brings a suit is master to decide what law he will rely upon”
  • rejecting claim that uniform interpretation of the Natural Gas Act will be jeopardized by concurrent jurisdiction
  • rejecting claim that uniform interpretation of the Natural Gas Act will be jeopardized by concurrent jurisdiction
  • holding the NGA does not eliminate a state court’s jurisdiction for common-law contract claims

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Judges: Frankfurter

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