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United States ex rel. Chapman, Secretary of the Interior, v. Federal Power Commission et al.; and Virginia REA Association et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al., 1952 — 343 U.S. 941 · caselaw · US
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United States ex rel. Chapman, Secretary of the Interior, v. Federal Power Commission et al.; and Virginia REA Association et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al.
343 U.S. 941·Supreme Court of the United States·1952
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Opinion
No. 658.
No. 659.
United States ex rel. Chapman, Secretary of the Interior, v. Federal Power Commission et al.; and Virginia REA Association et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al.
Gregory Hankin for the Secretary of the Interior. Robert Whitehead for petitioners in No. 659. Bradford Ross, Willard W. Gatchell, Howard E. Wahren-brock and Reuben Goldberg for the Federal Power Commission; and T. Justin Moore and Patrick A. Gibson for the Virginia Electric & Power Co., respondents.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 4th Cir. Certio-rari granted.
Reported below: 191 F. 2d 796.