Gas Pipeline Giants Face Justice: Oklahoma Natural Gas Company Ordered to Obey the Law

On January 17, 1914, District Judge George W. Clark made a bold move in the battle against corporate greed, ruling that the Oklahoma Natural Gas Company must obey the law. The company had been resisting the law, known as the Carr bill, which made gas pipeline companies common carriers and required them to purchase all oil and gas offered to them. In a scathing opinion, Judge Clark declared that the law was constitutional, dealing a crushing blow to the company’s attempts to evade the law.