Supreme Court of the United States March 6, 1989, 86-1856 (Northwest Central Pipeline Corp. v. State Corporation Comm'n of Kan.)

Justice Brennan

delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this appeal, we must decide whether a regulation adopted by the State Corporation Commission of Kansas (KCC) to govern the timing of production of natural gas from the Kansas-Hugoton field violates either the Supremacy or the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. We hold that it does not.