ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER CO. v. FEDERAL POWER COM'N

No. 21138.

409 F.2d 1122 (1969)

ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION, Respondent, Public Service Company of Colorado, Colorado River Water Conservation District, Humble Oil & Refining Company, Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 16, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles F. Brannan, Denver, Colo., with whom Mr. Smith W. Brookhart, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. William H. Arkin, Attorney, Federal Power Commission, with whom Messrs. Richard A. Solomon, General Counsel, Peter H. Schiff, Solicitor, and Drexel D. Journey, Assistant General Counsel, Federal Power Commission, were on the brief, for respondent.

Mr. Robert L. McCarty, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Kenneth Balcomb, Jr., Glenwood Springs, Colo., was on the brief for intervenor Colorado River Water Conservation District, argued on behalf of all intervenors.

Messrs. Carl Illig, Houston, Tex., Northcutt Ely and C. Emerson Duncan, II, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for intervenor Humble Oil & Refining Company.

Mr. Robert Lee Kessler, Denver, Colo., was on the brief for intervenor Public Utilities Commission of the State of Colorado.

Before BASTIAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LEVENTHAL and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges.


SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

We have before us a petition to review an order of the Federal Power Commission dismissing an application for authorization to construct and operate hydroelectric facilities. The dismissal stemmed from petitioner's inability, during the more than six years of the application's pendency, to make a satisfactory showing as to the economic and financial feasibility of its project....

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases