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Public Service Commission of Wyoming et al. v. Tri-State Generation & Transmission Assn., Inc.
397 U.S. 1043·Supreme Court of the United States·1970
The Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Stewart are of the opinion that certiorari should be granted.
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Opinion
No. 692.
Public Service Commission of Wyoming et al. v. Tri-State Generation & Transmission Assn., Inc.
James E. Barrett, Attorney General of Wyoming, Sterling A. Case, Deputy Attorney General, and Don M. Empfield, Special Assistant Attorney General, for Public Service Commission of Wyoming et al., and William H. Dempsey, Jr., Ralph J. Moore, Jr., Sidney G. Baucom, and Bryce E. Roe for Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power Co. et al., petitioners. Raphael J. Moses, John J. Conway, and George P. Sawyer for respondent. Paul Rodgers for National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners as amicus curiae in support of the petition. Solicitor General Gris-wold, Assistant Attorney General Ruckelshaus, Alan S. Rosenthal, and Leonard Schaitman filed a brief for the United States as amicus curiae, by invitation of the Court, 396 U. S. 998, in opposition.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 10th Cir. Motion of National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted. Certiorari denied.
The Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Stewart are of the opinion that certiorari should be granted.