CITY OF MONROE, LOUISIANA v. UNITED GAS CORPORATION

No. 17007.

253 F.2d 377 (1958)

CITY OF MONROE, LOUISIANA, Appellant, v. UNITED GAS CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 30, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haynes L. Harkey, Jr., City Atty., George M. Snellings, Jr., Monroe, La., for appellant.

R. H. Oliver, Jr., H. Flood Madison, Jr., Monroe, La., C. Huffman Lewis, Shreveport, La., Murray Hudson, Monroe, La., John M. Madison, Vernon W. Woods, Shreveport, La., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Alleging diversity and federal question jurisdiction, plaintiff-appellee applied for and on August 22, 1957 obtained a preliminary injunction enjoining defendant-appellant: from continuing to enforce Franchise Ordinance No. 2858 of April 28, 1947, with respect to contract rates fixed thereby and therein; and from interfering with the collection by plaintiff of higher rates unilaterally scheduled and...

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