PEOPLES NATURAL GAS CO. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION

No. 8048.

127 F.2d 153 (1942)

PEOPLES NATURAL GAS CO. et al. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided February 16, 1942.

Rehearing Denied April 13, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Carl McFarland, with whom Mr. J. Edward Burroughs, Jr., was on the brief, both of Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Mr. Richard J. Connor, General Counsel, Federal Power Commission, with whom Mr. Charles V. Shannon, Attorney, Federal Power Commission, was on the brief, both of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and MILLER and EDGERTON, Associate Justices.


EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

This appeal is from an order of the District Court which requires appellants, the Peoples Natural Gas Company and its president, to allow appellee, the Federal Power Commission, access to certain of the Company's books and records.

The Commission filed in the District Court a motion which states, among other things, that it has begun an investigation to determine whether the Company is...

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