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UNITED GAS CO. v. TEXAS

No. 13.

303 U.S. 123 (1938)

UNITED GAS PUBLIC SERVICE CO. v. TEXAS ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued December 14, 15, 1937.

Decided February 14, 1938.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. John P. Bullington and F.G. Coates for appellant on the reargument. Mr. F.G. Coates, with whom Mr. John P. Bullington was on the brief, for appellant on the original argument.

Messrs. Alfred M. Scott and Edward H. Lange, with whom Mr. William McCraw, Attorney General of Texas, was on the brief, for appellees on the reargument and on the original argument.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellant, United Gas Public Service Company, challenges the validity of a rate fixed by the Railroad Commission of Texas for natural gas supplied by appellant for domestic uses in the City of Laredo.

The City Council of Laredo, on December 15, 1931, enacted an ordinance fixing gas rates which included a rate of 40 cents per 1000 cubic feet for domestic...

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