INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS CO., INC.
v.
FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION ET AL.
Supreme Court of United States.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued May 2, 1947.
Decided June 16, 1947.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William A. Dougherty argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Henry P. Dart, Jr. and James Lawrence White.
By special leave of Court, James D. Smullen, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for the State of Texas et al., as amici curiae, urging reversal. With him on the brief was Price Daniel, Attorney General.
Charles E. McGee argued the cause for the Federal Power Commission, respondent. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Washington and Louis W. McKernan.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed in support of petitioners by Mac Q. Williamson, Attorney General, for the State of Oklahoma; and Donald C. McCreery, Wesley E. Disney, Charles I. Francis, Russell B. Brown, L. Dan Jones, Forrest M. Darrough, Hiram M. Dow, Walace Hawkins, Harold L. Kennedy, L.G. Owen and William Henry Rector for the Independent Natural Gas Association of America et al.
Supreme Court of United States.
MR. CHIEF JUSTICE VINSON delivered the opinion of the Court.
This case originated in proceedings before the Federal Power Commission initiated pursuant to § 5 (a) of the Natural Gas Act of 1938.1 After overruling objections to its jurisdiction, the Commission entered an order requiring the petitioner to effect substantial rate reductions in certain of its sales of natural gas and to file...
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