CENTRAL & S. WEST UTILITIES CO. v. SECURITIES & E. COM'N

No. 8333.

136 F.2d 273 (1943)

CENTRAL & SOUTH WEST UTILITIES CO. et al. v. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided June 7, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George Roberts, of New York City, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Messrs. Ralph D. Stevenson, of Chicago, Ill., pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, and Howard C. Westwood of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for petitioners. Mr. Richard A. Moore, of Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for the petitioners.

Mr. Homer Kripke, Assistant Solicitor, Securities and Exchange Commission, of Philadelphia, Pa., with whom Mr. John F. Davis, Solicitor, Securities and Exchange Commission, of Philadelphia, Pa., was on the brief, for respondent.

Before MILLER, EDGERTON, and ARNOLD, Associate Justices.


EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

We have to review orders of the Securities and Exchange Commission which required the petitioners, the Middle West Corporation and its subsidiaries (1) Central and South West Utilities Company and (2) American Public Service Company, to end the corporate existence of either Central or American and to substitute a single common stock for the present capitalization of Central and American. Both Central and American are nonoperating public...

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