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Washington Department of Game et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al., 1954 — 347 U.S. 936 · caselaw · US
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Washington Department of Game et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al.
347 U.S. 936·Supreme Court of the United States·1954
Mr. Justice Douglas is of the opinion certiorari should be granted.
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Opinion
No. 514.
Washington Department of Game et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al.
Don Eastvold, Attorney General, and William E. Hicks, Lee Olwell and Harold A. Pebbles, Special Assistant Attorneys General, for the State of Washington, petitioner.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.
Mr. Justice Douglas is of the opinion certiorari should be granted.
Robert L. Stern, then Acting Solicitor General, Assistant Attorney General Burger, Melvin Richter, Lester S. Jayson, Willard W. Gatchell, John C. Mason and Louis C. Kaplan for the Federal Power Commission, and Clarence M. Boyle and E. K. Murray for the City of Tacoma, respondents.