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Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian Nation; and Power Authority of the State of New York v. Tuscarora Indian Nation, 1959 — 360 U.S. 915 · caselaw · US
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Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian Nation; and Power Authority of the State of New York v. Tuscarora Indian Nation
360 U.S. 915·Supreme Court of the United States·1959
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Opinion
(See also Nos. 175 and 463, ante, p. 433; and No. 677, Misc., ante, p. 473.)
No. 911.
No. 921.
Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian Nation; and Power Authority of the State of New York v. Tuscarora Indian Nation.
Solicitor General Rankin,. Assistant Attorney General Doub, Samuel D. Slade, Lionel Kestenbaum, Willard W. Gatchell, John C. Mason and Joseph B. Hobbs for petitioner in No. 911. Thomas F. Moore, Jr., Samuel I. Rosenman, Frederic P. Lee, John R. Davison and Scott Lilly for petitioner in No. 921. Arthur Lazarus, Jr. and Eugene Gressman for respondent.
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United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Certiorari granted.