UTAH PUBLIC SERVICE COMM'N v. EL PASO GAS CO.

No. 776.

395 U.S. 464 (1969)

UTAH PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION v. EL PASO NATURAL GAS CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 16, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernon B. Romney, Attorney General of Utah, argued the cause and filed a brief for appellant.

Leon M. Payne argued the cause and filed a brief for appellee El Paso Natural Gas Co. Richard B. Hooper argued the cause for appellees Cascade Natural Gas Corp. et al. With him on the brief were Robert L. Simpson, John W. Chapman, Robert M. Robson, Attorney General of Idaho, Larry D. Ripley, Robert Y. Thornton, Attorney General of Oregon, Richard W. Sabin, Slade Gorton, Attorney General of Washington, and Robert E. Simpson. John F. Sonnett argued the cause for appellee Colorado Interstate Corp. With him on the brief were Raymond L. Falls, Jr., and H. Richard Schumacher. Iver E. Skjeie, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for appellee the State of California. With him on the brief was Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General. Solicitor General Griswold argued the cause and filed a memorandum for the United States, at the invitation of the Court. William M. Bennett argued the cause and filed a brief pro se.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is before us on appellant's motion to dismiss its appeal under Rule 60. Ordinarily parties may by consensus agree to dismissal of any appeal pending before this Court.1 However, there is an exception where the dismissal implicates a mandate we have entered in a cause.2 Our mandate is involved here. We therefore ordered oral argument at which...

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