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Sun Oil Co. v. Federal Power Commission; Long Island Lighting Co. et al. v. Sun Oil Co. et al.; Long Island Lighting Co. et al. v. Bel Oil Corp. et al.; Bel Oil Corp. v. Federal Power Commission; and Union Oil Co. of California et al. v. Federal Power Commission, 1958 — 358 U.S. 804 · caselaw · US
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Sun Oil Co. v. Federal Power Commission; Long Island Lighting Co. et al. v. Sun Oil Co. et al.; Long Island Lighting Co. et al. v. Bel Oil Corp. et al.; Bel Oil Corp. v. Federal Power Commission; and Union Oil Co. of California et al. v. Federal Power Commission
358 U.S. 804·Supreme Court of the United States·1958
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Opinion
No. 167.
No. 197.
No. 201.
No. 202.
No. 203.
Sun Oil Co. v. Federal Power Commission; Long Island Lighting Co. et al. v. Sun Oil Co. et al.; Long Island Lighting Co. et al. v. Bel Oil Corp. et al.; Bel Oil Corp. v. Federal Power Commission; and Union Oil Co. of California et al. v. Federal Power Commission.
Martin A. Bow and Robert E. May for petitioner in No. 167. David K. Kadane for the Long Island Lighting Co., and Vincent P. McDevitt and Samuel O. Miller for the Philadelphia Electric Co., petitioners in Nos. 197 and 201 and movants in Nos. 167, 202 and 203. With them on the motion was Edward S. Kirby for the Public Service Electric & Gas Co., petitioner in Nos. 197 and 201. Cullen R. Liskow for petitioner in No. 202. George D. Horning, Jr. for the Union Oil Co. of California, petitioner in No. 203 and respondent in Nos. 197 and 201. Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Doub, Samuel D. Slade, Willard W. Gatchell, Howard E. Wahrenbrock and William W. Ross for the Federal Power Commission, respondent in Nos. 167, 202 and 203.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. Motion of Long Island Lighting Co. et al. to be added as parties respondent and to correct and amend titles and captions in Nos. 167, 202 and 203 denied.
Reported below: 255 F. 2d 548, 557.