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Federal Powder Commission et al. v. Interstate Natural Gas Co., Inc. et al.; Public Service Commission of Missouri v. Interstate Natural Gas Co., Inc. et al.; Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division v. Interstate Natural Gas Co. et al.; and Illinois Commerce Commission et al. v. Interstate Natural Gas Co. et al., 1948 — 335 U.S. 808 · caselaw · US
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Federal Powder Commission et al. v. Interstate Natural Gas Co., Inc. et al.; Public Service Commission of Missouri v. Interstate Natural Gas Co., Inc. et al.; Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division v. Interstate Natural Gas Co. et al.; and Illinois Commerce Commission et al. v. Interstate Natural Gas Co. et al.
335 U.S. 808·Supreme Court of the United States·1948
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Opinion
No. 109.
No. 188.
No. 209.
No. 212.
Federal Powder Commission et al. v. Interstate Natural Gas Co., Inc. et al.; Public Service Commission of Missouri v. Interstate Natural Gas Co., Inc. et al.; Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division v. Interstate Natural Gas Co. et al.; and Illinois Commerce Commission et al. v. Interstate Natural Gas Co. et al.
Solicitor General Perlman for the Federal Power Commission, petitioner in No. 109; Charles L. Henson for petitioner in No. 188; Charles C. Crabtree for petitioner in No. 209; and George F. Barrett, Attorney General of Illinois, and Albert E. Hallett, Assistant Attorney General, for the Illinois Commerce Commission, petitioner in No. 212.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 5th Cir. Cer-tiorari granted.
William A. Dougherty, Henry P. Dart, Jr. and James Lawrence White for the Interstate Natural Gas Co., Inc.; William A. Dougherty and James Lawrence White for the Mississippi River Fuel Corporation; Edward P. Russell for the Memphis Natural Gas Co.; and Forney Johnston for the Southern Natural Gas Co. et al., respondents.
Reported below: 166 F. 2d 796.