OTTINGER v. BROOKLYN UNION CO.

Nos. 358, 365.

272 U.S. 579 (1926)

OTTINGER, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK, v. BROOKLYN UNION GAS COMPANY. OTTINGER, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK, v. KINGS COUNTY LIGHTING COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 29, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John Holley Clark, Jr., with whom Messrs. Albert Ottinger, Attorney General of New York, William Hayward, Charles E. Buchner, and Anthony P. Ludden were on the briefs, for appellant.

Mr. William N. Dykman, with whom Mr. Jackson A. Dykman was on the brief, for the Brooklyn Union Gas Co.

Mr. Samuel F. Moran, with whom Mr. John D. Monroe was on the brief, for the Kings County Lighting Co.


MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Separate suits were begun by appellees in the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, against the Public Service Commission and the Attorney General of that State. They sought injunctions against enforcement of the Act of June 2, 1923, c. 899, Laws of New York 1923, by which the Legislature directed that gas of six hundred and fifty British thermal units should be sold at not more than...

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