CHAPMAN v. EL PASO NATURAL GAS CO.

No. 11078.

192 F.2d 404 (1951)

CHAPMAN v. EL PASO NATURAL GAS CO. et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

July 6, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger P. Marquis, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant. A. Devitt Vanech, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Harold S. Harrison, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for appellant.

Howard Boyd, Washington, D. C., for appellee El Paso Natural Gas Company. Joseph J. Smith, Jr., and Paul R. Connolly, Jr., Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for appellee El Paso Natural Gas Company.

Roger J. Whiteford, Washington, D. C., for appellees Southern Union Gas Company and Cities of Flaggstaff, Williams and Winslow, Arizona. Hubert A. Schneider, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellees Southern Union Gas Company and others.

Before PRETTYMAN, PROCTOR and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant Secretary of the Interior moves for stay of a mandatory injunction issued by the District Court. Oral argument on the motion was had before this court. Upon the argument it developed that the ground for the motion was the fear of the appellant that unless a stay were granted the case would become moot and he would be deprived of his opportunity to contest in court the validity of the action of the District Court.

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