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Northwestern Electric Co. et al. v. Federal Power Commission, 1944 — 321 U.S. 748 · caselaw · US
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Northwestern Electric Co. et al. v. Federal Power Commission
321 U.S. 748·Supreme Court of the United States·1944
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Opinion
No. 195.
Northwestern Electric Co. et al. v. Federal Power Commission.
February 14, 1944.
[MAJORITY]
It is ordered that the opinion of the Court in this case be amended by striking out the sentence beginning “In a brief”, at line 10, page 4, and by altering the first sentence of the succeeding paragraph, beginning with the word “although”, to read as follows: “Although, as sugested in a brief filed by the American Institute of Accountants, the Commission’s prescribed method of eliminating the write-up may not accord with the best accounting practice, it is sustained by expert evidence.”
Opinion reported as amended, ante, p. 119.