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LONE STAR GAS CO. v. TEXAS

No. 313.

304 U.S. 224 (1938)

LONE STAR GAS CO. v. TEXAS ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 16, 1938.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Charles L. Black and Marshall Newcomb, with whom Messrs. Roy C. Coffee, Ogden K. Shannon, and Ben H. Powell were on the brief, for appellant.

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

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

The Railroad Commission of Texas brought this action, under Article 6059 of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, to enforce the Commission's order of September 13, 1933, prescribing the rate for domestic gas supplied by appellant, Lone Star Gas Company, to distributing companies in Texas. The rate was fixed at not to exceed 32 cents per thousand cubic feet instead of the existing charge of 40 cents. The...

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