§ 45:251 Common carrier, petroleum, pipe line defined
§ 45:252 Pipe lines declared common carriers; control by public service commission
§ 45:253 Power of commission
§ 45:254 Expropriation; telegraph and telephone lines; utilizing streams, highways, etc.
§ 45:255 Regulations of commission; petition, notice and hearing; reparations
§ 45:256 Connections with other carriers; facilities for receipt and delivery of petroleum; duty to receive
§ 45:257 Finality of commission’s decision; injunction
§ 45:258 Tariffs; reports to commission; investigations; complaints; summoning witnesses; suits; process
§ 45:259 Discrimination; limit of petroleum carrier required to receive in one day; expert to be employed to aid commission
§ 45:260 Rules and regulations, general or applicable to particular fields
§ 45:261 Delivery of identical petroleum or delivery from common stock at destination
§ 45:262 Suits to set aside commission’s orders
§ 45:263 Procedure before commission and on review to be that used in similar cases
§ 45:264 Violation of law by carrier; penalty recoverable by state or person discriminated against
§ 45:265 Violation of law by carrier’s owners, officers, etc.
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 45 > Chapter 5 > Part I - Petroleum Pipe Lines

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Common carrier: includes all persons engaged in the transportation of petroleum as public utilities and common carriers for hire; or which on proper showing may be legally held a common carrier from the nature of the business conducted, or from the manner in which such business is carried on. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:251
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Petroleum: means crude petroleum, crude petroleum products, distillate, condensate, liquefied petroleum gas, any hydrocarbon in a liquid state, any product in a liquid state which is derived in whole or in part from any hydrocarbon, and any mixture or mixtures thereof; provided, however, that such term shall not include methanol synthetically produced from coal, lignite, or petroleum coke. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:251
  • Pipe line: includes the real estate, rights of way, pipe in line, telephone and telegraph lines or other communication systems, tank facilities as herein designated, and necessary for the proper conduct of its business as a common carrier, all fixtures, equipment and personal property of every kind owned, controlled, operated, used or managed, in connection with, or to facilitate the transportation, distribution and delivery of petroleum through lines constructed of pipe. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:251
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.