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California et al. v. Federal Power Commission
366 U.S. 912·Supreme Court of the United States·1961
The Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Black are of the opinion that certiorari should be granted.
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Opinion
No. 599.
California et al. v. Federal Power Commission.
William M. Bennett and J. Calvin Simpson for petitioners. Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Orrick, John G. Laughlin, Jr., Kathryn H. Baldwin, John C. Mason, Howard E. Wahrenbrock and Arthur H. Fribourg for respondent. Gregory A. Harrison, Malcolm T. Dungan and George D. Horning, Jr. for El Paso Natural Gas Co. Anne X. Alpern, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, David Stahl, Russell Leach, Charles S. Rhyne and Herzel H. E. Plaine filed a brief for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania et al., as amici curiae, in support of the petition.
[MAJORITY]
Motion of El Paso Natural Gas Company to be designated as a party respondent and to amend the title and caption accordingly granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.
The Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Black are of the opinion that certiorari should be granted.