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Arkansas Power & Light Co. et al. v. Federal Power Commission; and Arkansas Public Service Commission v. Federal Power Commission
341 U.S. 909·Supreme Court of the United States·1951
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Opinion
No. 535.
No. 596.
Arkansas Power & Light Co. et al. v. Federal Power Commission; and Arkansas Public Service Commission v. Federal Power Commission.
P. A. Lasley, A. J. G. Priest, Sidman I. Barber, Harry A. Poth, Jr. and Gordon E. Young for petitioner in No. 535. Ike Murry, Attorney General of Arkansas, H. Cecil Kilpatrick and Cecil A. Beasley, Jr. for petitioner in No. 596. Solicitor General Perlman, Acting Assistant Attorney General Clapp, Paul A. Sweeney, Melvin Richter, Bradford Ross, Howard E. Wahrenbrock and Reuben Goldberg for respondent.
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United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Certiorari denied.