Legal Opinion
Northwestern Electric Co. v. Federal Power Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 14, 1944No. 195PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Robeets
Petitioners assert that an order of the Federal Power Commission made pursuant to its authority to prescribe a uniform system of accounts for electric utilities is invalid because in excess of the Commission’s statutory power and in violation of the Fifth and Tenth Amendments to the Constitution.
Northwestern Electric Company is an operating utility all of whose common shares are owned by American Power & Light Company. Shortly after organization Northwestern issued 100,000 shares of $100 par common stock to promoters. Later the transaction was entered on its books as “Land and Water Rights”…
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- Northwestern Electric Co. v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1942
- Northwestern Electric Co. v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1943
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