General
Department of Fish and Game of California v. Federal Power Commission et al.; and Pacific Power & Light Co. v. Federal Power Commission et al.
385 U.S. 932·Supreme Court of the United States·1966
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Opinion
No. 506.
No. 569.
Department of Fish and Game of California v. Federal Power Commission et al.; and Pacific Power & Light Co. v. Federal Power Commission et al.
Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General of California, and Burton J. Gindler, Deputy Attorney General, for petitioner in No. 506.
Gregory A. Harrison and Malcolm T. Dungan for petitioner in No. 569.
Solicitor General Marshall, Richard A. Solomon, Howard A. Wahrenbrock and Joseph B. Hobbs for Federal Power Commission, respondent in both cases.
Brief of amici curiae, in support of the petition in No. 506, was filed by: Darrell F. Smith, Attorney General, and Jordan Green, Assistant Attorney General, for the State of Arizona; Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, and George J. Hearn III and Marshall R. Sims, Assistant Attorneys General, for the State of Georgia; Allan G. Shepard, Attorney General, and T. J. Jones III for the State of Idaho; Lawrence F. Scalise, Attorney General, and Robert B. Seism, Assistant Attorney General, for the State of Iowa; Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Nicholas V. Olds, Assistant Attorney General, for the State of Michigan; Harvey Dickerson, Attorney General, and Daniel J. Olguin, Deputy Attorney General, for the State of Nevada; T. Wade Bruton, Attorney General, and Millard R. Rich, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for the State of North Carolina; Charles Nesbitt, Attorney General, and Joseph C. Muskrat, Assistant Attorney General, for the State of Oklahoma; Robert Y. Thornton, Attorney General, and George S. Woodworth, Assistant Attorney General, for the State of Oregon; Edward Friedman, Attorney General, and Richard H. Kutz, Deputy Attorney General, for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Frank L. Farrar, Attorney General, for the State of South Dakota; Robert Y. Button, Attorney General, and Kenneth C. Patty, First Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth of Virginia; and John J. O’Con-nell, Attorney General, and Joseph L. Coniff, Mike Johnston and John R. Miller, Assistant Attorneys General, for the State of Washington.
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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.