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Prado Oil & Gas Co. v. Federal Power Commission et al.; Skelly Oil Co. et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al.; and Hamon et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al., 1964 — 377 U.S. 963 · caselaw · US
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Prado Oil & Gas Co. v. Federal Power Commission et al.; Skelly Oil Co. et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al.; and Hamon et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al.
377 U.S. 963·Supreme Court of the United States·1964
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Opinion
No. 987.
No. 1026.
No. 1080.
Prado Oil & Gas Co. v. Federal Power Commission et al.; Skelly Oil Co. et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al.; and Hamon et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al.
David T. Searls for petitioner in No. 987.
Hawley C. Kerr, Bradford Ross, M. Darwin Kirk, Homer McEwen, Jr., Dale E. Doty and Bruce R. Merrill for petitioners in No. 1026.
Wm. Taylor LaGrone, Alfred C. DeCrane, Jr., M. Darwin Kirk, Homer E. McEwen, Jr. and Dale E. Doty for petitioners in No. 1080.
Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Douglas, Sherman L. Cohn, Kathryn H. Baldwin, Richard A. Solomon, Howard E. Wahrenbrock, Robert L. Russell and Peter H. Schiff for the Federal Power Commission; Kent H. Brown and Morton L. Simons for the Public Service Commission of the State of New York; and William T. Coleman, Jr., Harold E. Kohn, Richardson Dilworth, David K. Kadane and Bertram D. Moll for United Gas Improvement Co. et al., respondents in Nos. 987 and 1026. Solicitor General Cox and Richard A. Solomon for the Federal Power Commission, and Kent H. Brown and Morton L. Simons for the Public Service Commission of the State of New York, respondents in No. 1080.
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United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Certiorari denied.
Reported below: Nos. 987 and 1026, 117 U. S. App. D. C. 287, 329 F. 2d 242.