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Federal Power Commission v. Skelly Oil Co. et al., 1967 — 387 U.S. 902 · caselaw · US
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Federal Power Commission v. Skelly Oil Co. et al.
387 U.S. 902·Supreme Court of the United States·1967
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Opinion
No. 1342.
Federal Power Commission v. Skelly Oil Co. et al.
Solicitor General Marshall for petitioner on the motion. Briefs in opposition to the motion were filed by Robert E. May and Louis Flax for Sun Oil Co., and Bruce R. Merrill, Joseph C. Johnson and Thomas H. Burton for Continental Oil Co., Cecil N. Cook for Midhurst Oil Corp., Murray Christian and H. W. Varner for Superior Oil Co., and Paul W. Hicks, Robert W. Henderson and Donald K. Young for Hunt Oil Co. et al.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 10th Cir. Motion of petitioner to expedite proceedings denied at this time insofar as it requests that responses to petition of the Federal Power Commission for writ of certiorari and to the other petitions for writs of certiorari dealing with the same proceeding be filed by May 20, 1967, whether or not such responses are, under the Rules of this Court, due by that date.