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PEOPLES GAS CO. v. PUB. SER. COMM.

Nos. 70, 71.

270 U.S. 550 (1926)

PEOPLES NATURAL GAS COMPANY v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF PENNSYLVANIA ET AL. THE SAME v. THE SAME.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 12, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George B. Gordon, with whom Messrs. William W. Smith, Arthur E. Young, Allen T.C. Gordon, and S.G. Nolin were on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Frank M. Hunter for defendant in error Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania.

Mr. J.E.B. Cunningham, with whom Messrs. Tillman K. Saylor and Spencer G. Nauman were on the brief, for defendant in error Joseph Cauffield.

Messrs. David I. McCahill and Edward O. Tabor were on the brief, for defendant in error Johnstown Fuel Supply Company.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

These two cases are practically but one. The matter in controversy is the constitutional validity of an order of the Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania requiring the Peoples Natural Gas Company to continue its prior practice of supplying natural gas to another company at Johnstown for sale to consumers in that city. On successive appeals to the Superior Court and the Supreme Court of the State the...

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