Cascade Natural Gas Corp. v. El Paso Natural Gas Co.

delivered the opinion of the Court.. When this case was here the last time,1 we held that the acquisition of Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corporation by El Paso Natural Gas.Company violated § 7 of the Clayton Act; and we directed the District Court “to order divestiture without delay.” United States v. El Paso Natural Gas Co., 376 U. S. 651, 662. That was on April 6, 1964. It is now nearly three years later , and, as we shall see, no divestiture in any meaningful sense has been directed. The United States, now an appellee, maintains that the issues respecting divestiture are not *132before us. The…