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Washington Public Power Supply System v. Federal Power Commission et al.
385 U.S. 926·Supreme Court of the United States·1966
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Opinion
No. 462.
Washington Public Power Supply System v. Federal Power Commission et al.
Northcutt Ely for petitioner.
Richard A. Solomon, Howard E. Wahren-brock, Peter H. Schiff and Joel Yohalem for Federal Power Commission; Francis M. Shea, William H. Dempsey, Jr., and Ralph J. Moore, Jr., for Pacific Northwest Power Co.; and Robert Y. Thomton>, Attorney General, and Richard W. Sabin and Leon L. Hagan, Assistant Attorneys General, for the State of Oregon, respondents.
Allan G. Shepard, Attorney General of Idaho, and T. J. Jones III for Idaho Fish and Game Commission; and Joseph T. Mijich for Washington State Sportsmen’s Council, Inc., et al., intervenors below, in opposition to the petition.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. D. C. Cir. Motions of Pacific Northwest Power Co. and the State of Oregon to be added as parties respondent granted. Certiorari granted and case set for oral argument immediately following No. 463.