INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS CO. v. FEDERAL POWER COM'N

No. 10701.

166 F.2d 796 (1948)

INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS CO., Inc., v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 12, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry P. Dart, Jr., and H. Grady Price, both of New Orleans, La., Alden T. Shotwell, of Monroe, La., and William A. Dougherty and C. W. Cooper, both of New York City, for petitioner.

Bradford Ross, Gen. Counsel, and Louis W. McKernan, and Milford Springer, Principal Attys., all of Washington, D. C., for Federal Power Commission.

Chas. C. Crabtree, of Memphis, Tenn., for Memphis Light, Gas & Water Div.

Warren Henry, of Springfield, Ill., for Illinois Commerce Commission.

C. Huffman Lewis, of Shreveport, La., for United Gas Pipe Line.

Forney Johnston, of Birmingham, Ala., for Southern Natural Gas Co.

Russell Rice, of Jackson, Tenn., for City of Jackson, Tenn.

Wilbur F. Hall, of Jefferson City, Mo., for Missouri Public Service Commission.

Edward P. Russell, of Memphis, Tenn., for Memphis Natural Gas Co.

W. C. Perrault, 1st Asst. Atty. Gen., and Roland C. Kizer, both of Baton Rouge, La., and Francis P. Burns, City Atty., Edward Rightor, and Warren O. Coleman, all of New Orleans, La., for other respondents.

Donald C. McCreery, of Denver, Colo., J. Q. Weatherly, of Houston, Texas, James D. Smullen, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Texas, and James F. Gray, of Dallas, Tex., amici curiae.

Before HUTCHESON, HOLMES, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Admitting that it is not entitled to have returned to it sums it deposited in this court pursuant to the stay order of December 5, 1944, petitioner is here asking an order directing the distribution of such sums and absolving petitioner from further liability or accountability in respect thereto.

The matter comes up in this way. By an order entered April 27, 1943, modified June 9, 1943, the Federal Power Commission reduced the rates and charges...

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