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PANHANDLE CO. v. MICHIGAN COMM'N.

No. 486.

341 U.S. 329 (1951)

PANHANDLE EASTERN PIPE LINE CO. v. MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 14, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Patterson argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief was Clayton F. Jennings.

Edmund E. Shepherd, Solicitor General of Michigan, argued the cause for the Michigan Public Service Commission, appellee. With him on the brief were Frank G. Millard, Attorney General, Daniel J. O'Hara and Charles M. A. Martin, Assistant Attorney General. Stephen J. Roth, then Attorney General, was also of counsel.

Donald R. Richberg argued the cause for the Michigan Consolidated Gas Co., appellee. With him on the brief were Clifton G. Dyer and James W. Williams.

Solicitor General Perlman, Robert L. Stern, Bradford Ross and Bernard A. Foster, Jr. filed a memorandum for the Federal Power Commission, as amicus curiae.

MR. JUSTICE MINTON delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from the affirmance of an order of the Michigan Public Service Commission requiring appellant to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity before selling natural gas direct to industrial consumers in a municipality already served by a public utility.

Appellant is engaged in the transportation of natural gas by pipe line from fields in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas into areas...

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