CITIES OF LEXINGTON, ETC., KY. v. FEDERAL POWER COM'N

Nos. 8101, 8106, 8291, 8301.

295 F.2d 109 (1961)

CITIES OF LEXINGTON, Kentucky; GEORGETOWN, Kentucky; WINCHESTER, KENTUCKY, et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent. United Fuel Gas Company and The Dayton Power and Light Company, Intervenors. UNITED FUEL GAS COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent. CITIES OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA; CINCINNATI and COLUMBUS, OHIO; et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent. United Fuel Gas Company, Intervenor. LYNCHBURG GAS COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent. United Fuel Gas Company, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 2, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No. 8101:

Herzel H. E. Plaine, Washington, D. C. (Rhyne & Rhyne, Charles S. Rhyne, Lenox G. Cooper and Thomas P. Brown, III, Washington, D. C., on brief), for petitioners.

Richard A. Rosan and Tilford A. Jones, New York City (C. E. Goodwin, Charleston, W. Va., on brief), for United Fuel Gas Co., intervenor.

Arthur H. Fribourg, Atty., Federal Power Commission, Washington, D. C. (John C. Mason, Gen. Counsel, Howard E. Wahrenbrock, Solicitor, and Luke R. Lamb, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Federal Power Commission, Washington, D. C., on brief), for respondent.

Herbert E. Squires, Asst. Counsel, Philadelphia, Pa., and Joseph I. Lewis, Chief Counsel, Pittsburgh, Pa., on brief amicus curiae for the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

David Stahl, City Solicitor, Pittsburgh, Pa., on brief amicus curiae for the City of Pittsburgh.

James W. Farrell, Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio, on brief amicus curiae for The Ohio Municipal League.

No. 8106:

Richard A. Rosan and Tilford A. Jones, New York City (C. E. Goodwin, Charleston, W. Va., on brief), for petitioner.

Herzel H. E. Plaine, Washington, D. C. (Charles S. Rhyne and Lenox G. Cooper, Washington, D. C., on brief), for Kentucky Cities, intervenors.

Arthur H. Fribourg, Atty., Federal Power Commission, Washington, D. C. (John C. Mason, Gen. Counsel, Howard E. Wahrenbrock, Solicitor, and Luke R. Lamb, Asst. General Counsel, Federal Power Commission, Washington, D. C., on brief), for respondent.

James W. Farrell, Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio, on brief amicus curiae for The Ohio Municipal League.

No. 8291:

Herzel H. E. Plaine, Washington, D. C. (John R. Cook, Jr., Corp. Counsel, Lexington, Ky., Coordinator for the Kentucky Cities; Joseph I. Lewis, Counsel, Pittsburgh, Pa., and Herbert E. Squires, Asst. Counsel, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Philadelphia, Pa., Charles S. Rhyne, Edward D. Means, Jr., Washington, D. C., David Stahl, City Solicitor of city of Pittsburgh, Pa.; James W. Farrell, Jr., City Solicitor of city of Cincinnati, Ohio; and Robert J. White, Special Counsel, Cincinnati, Ohio, Russell Leach, City Atty., and William Huggins, Asst. City Atty., Columbus, Ohio, on brief), for petitioners.

Richard A. Rosan, New York City (Tilford A. Jones, New York City, Murray Zweben, No. Springfield, Va., and C. E. Goodwin, Charleston, W. Va., on brief), for United Fuel Gas Co., intervenor.

Peter H. Schiff, Atty., Federal Power Commission, Washington, D. C. (John C. Mason, Gen. Counsel, Howard E. Wahrenbrock, Solicitor, and Luke R. Lamb, Asst. General Counsel, Federal Power Commission, Washington, D. C., on brief), for respondent.

No. 8301:

Phebe Eppes Gordon, Lynchburg, Va., for petitioner.

Richard A. Rosan, New York City (Tilford A. Jones, New York City, Murray Zweben, No. Springfield, Va., and C. E. Goodwin, Charleston, W. Va., on brief), for United Fuel Gas Company, intervenor.

Peter H. Schiff, Atty., Federal Power Commission, Washington, D. C. (John C. Mason, Gen. Counsel, Howard E. Wahrenbrock, Solicitor, and Luke R. Lamb, Asst. General Counsel, Federal Power Commission, Washington, D. C., on brief), for respondent.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge and SOPER and HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judges.


SOPER, Circuit Judge.

These petitions seek review of orders of the Federal Power Commission issued in a rate proceeding of the United Fuel Gas Company, a natural gas company within the meaning of § 1(b) of the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 717(b), which is engaged in the production, transportation and sale for resale of natural gas to public utilities in Kentucky and neighboring states.

United Fuel filed with the Commission two proposed increased...

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