CHENERY CORPORATION v. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COM'N

No. 8074.

128 F.2d 303 (1942)

CHENERY CORPORATION et al. v. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (FEDERAL WATER AND GAS CORPORATION, Intervenor).

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided April 27, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Spencer Gordon, with whom Messrs. William Merrick Parker and William DuBose Sheldon, all of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for petitioners. Mr. Fontaine C. Bradley, of Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for petitioners.

Mr. Homer Kripke, with whom Messrs. Chester T. Lane, General Counsel, Christopher M. Jenks, Assistant General Counsel, Lawrence S. Lesser, Special Counsel, and Frederick N. Jones, all of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, all of the Securities and Exchange Commission, for respondent.

Messrs. Charles E. Hughes, Jr., and Allen S. Hubbard, both of New York City, by special leave of court, filed a brief on behalf of Federal Water and Gas Corporation, as Intervenor.

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


GRONER, C. J.

This is a petition to review an order of the Securities and Exchange Commission issued under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.1 The order was made on an application filed with the Commission March 30, 1940, for approval of a plan of merger among Federal Water Service Corporation, Utility Operators Company, and Federal Water and Gas Corporation. Federal Water Service Corporation (hereinafter called Federal) is...

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