Legal Opinion
Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 7, 1944No. Nos. 34 and 35PublishedCited by 1,501 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
The primary issue in these cases concerns the validity under the Natural Gas Act of 1938 (52 Stat. 821,15 U. S. C. § 717) of a rate order issued by the Federal Power Commission reducing the rates chargeable by Hope Natural Gas Co., 44 P. U. R. (N. S.) 1. On a petition for review of the order made pursuant to § 19 (b) of the Act, the *594Circuit Court of Appeals set it aside, one judge dissenting. 134 F. 2d 287. The cases are here on petitions for writs of certiorari which we granted because of the public importance of the questions presented.
Hope is a West Virginia corporation organized in 1898.…
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