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Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al., 1944 — 323 U.S. 700 · caselaw · US
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Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al.
323 U.S. 700·Supreme Court of the United States·1944
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Opinion
No. 296.
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. et al. v. Federal Power Commission et al.
November 13, 1944.
Messrs. Ira Lloyd Letts, John S. L. Yost, D. H. Culton, and Samuel H. Riggs for petitioners.
Solicitor General Fahy, Assist-
ant Attorney General Shea, and Messrs. Charles V. Shannon, James H. Lee, William E. Dowling, Harold Goodman, Herbert J. Rushton, Attorney General of Michigan, and James W. Williams, Assistant Attorney General of Michigan, for respondents.
Mr. Spencer W. Reeder filed a brief on behalf of the City of Cleveland, Ohio, as amicus curiae, suggesting that the court below was without jurisdiction over the subject matter.
[MAJORITY]
Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted, limited to the third question presented by the petition for the writ.