Legal Opinion

Summers Appliance Co. v. George's Gas Co.

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided February 19, 1968No. 5-4464PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Lyle Brown, Justice.

Summers Appliance Co. and the six other appellants are holders of Class 1 permits issued by the Arkansas Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board. They are LP gas distributors in an area comprising six counties in Northwest Arkansas. George’s Gas Co., Inc., was granted a Class 1 permit by the LP Gas Board. George proposes to operate in the same general area. The Board was affirmed on appeal to the circuit court. Appellants contend that the LP Gas Act requires a determination of public convenience and necessity as a prerequisite to the issuance of the permit and that no such showing…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Santee v. BradySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1945
  2. Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. v. Arkansas-Missouri Power Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1953

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. W. Reid Wright, Bessie B. Wright and Reid Wright, Jr. v. Farmers Co-Op of Arkansas and OklahomaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
  2. Zero Wholesale Gas Co., Inc. v. StroudSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1978
  3. Gray's Butane Wholesale, Inc. v. Arkansas Liquefied Petroleum Gas BoardSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1971
  4. Dome Pipeline Corp. v. Public Service CommissionMichigan Court of Appeals · 1989
  5. Zero Wholesale Gas Co., Inc. v. StroudSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1978

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