Legal Opinion
Missouri Ex Rel. Barrett v. Kansas Natural Gas Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 26, 1924No. 155, 133 and 137PublishedCited by 153 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sutherland
These cases were consolidated for argument. They present for decision the single question whether the business of the Kansas Natural Gas Company, hereinafter called the Supply Company, consisting of the transportation of natural gas from one State to another for sale, and its sale and delivery, to distributing companies, is interstate commerce free from state interference?
The facts necessary to be considered in reaching a conclusion are, shortly, as follows:
The Supply Company is a Delaware corporation, engaged in producing and buying natural gas, mostly in Oklahoma but some in Kansas, and, by…
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