Mississippi Power & Light Co. v. Federal Power Commission

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

In Case No. 10,414 Mississippi Power & Light Company petitions this Court to review an order of the Federal Power Commission dated May 27, 1942, and to stay proceedings under the order pending review. The Commission counters with a motion to dismiss the petition for lack of jurisdiction.

The order, after a finding that there was reason to believe that certain books and records of the Power Company had been withheld or destroyed in violation of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C.A. § 791a et seq., and that they were material to the ‘Commission’s examination of the costs of…