Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit July 5, 1983, Nos. 77-1762, 77-2613 and 80-2404 (El Paso Natural Gas Co. v. Sun Oil Co.)

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

The basic question presented by these consolidated appeals is whether a series of lease-sale agreements transferring rights to certain gas-bearing lands in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico are sales of natural gas in interstate commerce within the meaning of section 1(b) of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 717(b).