· 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
How courts have described this case
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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