Legal Opinion

Conway Corporation v. Federal Power Commission, Arkansas Power & Light Company, Intervenor

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided April 4, 1975No. 73--2207PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge LEVENTHAL.

LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:

In this case, we hold that the Federal Power Commission’s jurisdiction to review a petition to set aside or reduce a utility’s wholesale electric rate increase permits consideration of the utility’s alleged purpose, and effect, to forestall its customers from competing with it at retail.

On May 31, 1973, Arkansas Power & Light (AP&L) filed with the FPC a wholesale rate proposal that would increase electricity rates to municipally owned systems by 22.6 percent, and to cooperatives by 34.9 percent. Petitioners are…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. CohnSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Chicago & Southern Air Lines, Inc. v. Waterman Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  3. Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. v. Northwestern Public Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
  4. Otter Tail Power Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Houston, East & West Texas Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Federal Power Commission v. Conway Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Papago Tribal Utility Authority v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Arizona Public Service Company and Arizona Power Authority, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
  3. City of Kirkwood, a Municipal Corporation v. Union Electric Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
  4. Alabama Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
  5. Pennzoil Company v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981

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