People ex rel. Dunbar v. People ex rel. City of Denver

In this opinion we will refer to plaintiff in error, People of the State of Colorado, as the State, and to defendant in error as Denver. Where reference to parties who *461were defendants in the trial court but not parties to this writ of error, is necessary, said parties will be referred to as “users of gas” or as “owners of refunds.”

The Federal Power Commission ordered a reduction in rates, as of May 20, 1942, for the users of natural gas in Colorado that were served by the Colorado Interstate Gas Company. This order was later appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States and affirmed,…