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PUGET SOUND POWER & L. CO. v. PUBLIC UTILITY DIST. NO. 1

No. 9701.

123 F.2d 286 (1941)

PUGET SOUND POWER & LIGHT CO. et al. v. PUBLIC UTILITY DIST. NO. 1 OF WHATCOM COUNTY.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

October 24, 1941.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd, Holman, Sprague & Allen, Lowell P. Mickelwait, and Fred J. Schaaf, all of Seattle, Wash., and Joseph W. Kindall, of Bellingham, Wash., for appellants.

Brown & Millhouse, of Bellingham, Wash., Houghton, Cluck & Coughlin, of Seattle, Wash., and E. K. Murray, of Tacoma, Wash., for appellee.

Before GARRECHT, HANEY, and STEPHENS, Circuit Judges.

HANEY, Circuit Judge.

Reversal of a decree adjudicating that the taking by appellee of certain properties belonging to Puget Sound Power & Light Company is a "public necessity" and for a "public use", and reversal of a judgment of $5,000,000 found by the jury to be just compensation for the taking, are sought by appellants.

Establishment of public utility districts to conserve the water and power resources of the State of Washington for the benefit of...

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