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California v. Federal Power Commission et al., 1961 — 368 U.S. 810 · caselaw · US
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California v. Federal Power Commission et al.
368 U.S. 810·Supreme Court of the United States·1961
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Opinion
No. 187.
California v. Federal Power Commission et al.
William M. Bennett for petitioner. Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Orrick, John G. Laughlin, Jr., John C. Mason, Howard E. Wahrenbrock, Robert L. Russell and Arthur H. Fribourg for the Federal Power Commission, and Charles V. Shannon, Stanley M. Morley, Arthur H. Dean, and Stephen Rackow Kaye for El Paso Natural Gas Co., respondents.
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United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Certiorari granted.