Legal Opinion
Henderson Co. v. Thompson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 1, 1937No. 397PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The question for decision is whether the prohibition by Texas of the use of sweet natural gas for the manufacture of carbon black in the Panhandle field is valid.
The suit is brought in the federal court for western Texas by the Henderson Company, a Maine Corporation. It challenges the validity of the following provisions of Chapter 120 of the Acts of the Legislature of Texas, 1935, Forty-fourth Regular Session, commonly known as House Bill 266: Subdivisions (g) and (h) of § 2, which define sweet and sour gas; 1 subdivision (j) of § 3,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Ohio Oil Company v. IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Travelers Insurance v. MarshallTexas Supreme Court · 1934
- Walls v. Midland Carbon Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Henderson Co. v. ThompsonDistrict Court, W.D. Texas · 1936
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- Barshop v. Medina County Underground Water Conservation DistrictTexas Supreme Court · 1996
- Exxon Corp. v. EagertonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Veix v. Sixth Ward Building & Loan Assn. of NewarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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