Texas Gas Transmission Corp. v. Shell Oil Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• implying that the ICC could not undertake the \purely judicial task\ of determining the validity and effect of contracts
• implying that the ICC could not undertake the “purely judicial task” of determining the validity and effect of contracts
• noting that court of appeals correctly made independent determination of application of contract principles
• noting that court of appeals correctly made independent determination of application of contract principles
• affirming the de novo standard of review applied by the appellate court to an agency's interpretation of a non-technical contract clause
• upholding de novo review of an agency's interpretation of a contract

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).