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FIRST IOWA COOP. v. POWER COMM'N

No. 603.

328 U.S. 152 (1946)

FIRST IOWA HYDRO-ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION. STATE OF IOWA, INTERVENOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 29, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Robinson, Jr. argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were George B. Porter, Andrew G. Haley and John Connolly, Jr.

Howard E. Wahrenbrock argued the cause for the Federal Power Commission, respondent. With him on the brief were Solicitor General McGrath and Louis W. McKernan.

Neill Garrett argued the cause for the State of Iowa, intervenor. With him on the brief were John M. Rankin, Attorney General of Iowa, Horace L. Lohnes and C. Walter Harris.

MR. JUSTICE BURTON delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case illustrates the integration of federal and state jurisdictions in licensing water power projects under the Federal Power Act.1 The petitioner is the First Iowa Hydro-Electric Cooperative, a cooperative association organized under the laws of Iowa with power to generate, distribute and sell electric energy. On January 29, 1940, pursuant to § 23 (b) of the Federal Power...

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