UNITED STATES v. WEST VIRGINIA

No. 17, original.

295 U.S. 463 (1935)

UNITED STATES v. WEST VIRGINIA ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 20, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Homer A. Holt, Attorney General of West Virginia, for the State of West Virginia, defendant, in support of its motion to dismiss.

Messrs. Edward W. Knight and Robert S. Spilman, with whom Mr. William L. Lee was on the brief, for Electro Metallurgical Co. et al., defendants, in support of their motion to dismiss.

Mr. Huston Thompson, with whom Solicitor General Reed and Assistant Attorney General Blair were on the brief, for the United States, in opposition to the motions to dismiss.


MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an original suit in equity, brought by the United States, in which relief by injunction is sought against the defendants, the State of West Virginia, Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation, a New York corporation, and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Electro Metallurgical Company and New-Kanawha Power Company, West Virginia corporations. The questions now presented...

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