PEOPLE v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION

No. 15687.

296 F.2d 348 (1961)

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent, El Paso Natural Gas Company, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 30, 1961.

Certiorari Granted October 9, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William M. Bennett, San Francisco, Cal., for petitioner.

Mr. Arthur H. Fribourg, Atty., Federal Power Commission, with whom Mr. John C. Mason, Gen. Counsel, Federal Power Commission, Mr. Howard E. Wahrenbrock, Solicitor, Federal Power Commission, and Mr. Robert L. Russell, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Federal Power Commission, were on the brief, for respondent.

Messrs. Charles V. Shannon, Washington, D. C., and Arthur H. Dean, New York City, with whom Mr. Stanley M. Morley, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for intervenor.

Mr. Richard A. Solomon, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Mr. George D. Reycraft, Atty., Dept. of Justice, was on the brief, for the United States of America, as amicus curiae.

Before MR. JUSTICE BURTON, retired, and PRETTYMAN and FAHY, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Granted October 9, 1961. See 82 S.Ct. 47.

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a petition by the State of California to review an order of the Federal Power Commission1 authorizing El Paso Natural Gas Company (hereinafter referred to as "El Paso") to acquire and operate the facilities of Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corporation (hereafter called "Pacific") by a merger of the two corporations.

El Paso was organized...

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