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Wisconsin et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al.; California et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al.; and Long Island Lighting Co. et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al., 1962 — 369 U.S. 870 · caselaw · US
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Wisconsin et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al.; California et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al.; and Long Island Lighting Co. et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al.
369 U.S. 870·Supreme Court of the United States·1962
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Opinion
No. 754.
No. 755.
No. 756.
Wisconsin et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al.; California et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al.; and Long Island Lighting Co. et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al.
John W. Reynolds, Attorney General of Wisconsin, Roy G. Tulane, Assistant Attorney General, William E. Torkelson, Kent H. Brown, Barbara M. Suchow and Morton L. Simons for petitioners in No. 754.
William M. Bennett and John T. Murphy for petitioners in No. 755.
David K. Kadane, Bertram D. Moll, Vincent P. McDevitt, Samuel Graff Miller, J. David Mann, Jr., William W. Ross and John E. Holtzinger, Jr. for petitioners in No. 756.
Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Orrick, John G. Laughlin, Jr., Kathryn H. Baldwin, Ralph S. Spritzer, Howard E. Wahrenbrock and Arthur H. Fribourg for the Federal Power Commission, and Charles E. McGee, Lambert McAllister and Kenneth Heady for Phillips Petroleum Co., respondents.
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United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Certiorari granted. Reported below: 112 U. S. App. D. C. 369, 303 F. 2d 380.