Supreme Court of the United States, 1947

Federal Power Commission v. Arkansas Power & Light Co.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 10, 1947

330 U.S. 802; 67 S. Ct. 963; 91 L. Ed. 1261; 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2554 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Howard E. Wahrenbrock argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Washington, Robert L. Stern, Lambert McAllister and Louis W. McKernan. A. J. G. Priest argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were P. A. Lasley, Sidman I. Barber and B. H. Dewey, Jr. By special leave of Court, Wyatt Cleveland Holland, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for the State of Arkansas. With him on the brief were Guy E. Williams, Attorney General, H. Cecil Kilpatrick, and the Attorneys General of the States of Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming, as amici curiae.

Cases that cite this one

22 later published cases cite this decision.

Long Island Rail Road Company v. United States (District Court, E.D. New York 1961)
Home Loan Bank Board v. Mallonee Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco v. Federal Home Loan Bank of Los Angeles (9th Cir. 1952)
State of Pennsylvania v. Richard W. Riley, Secretary of the United States Department of Education (3d Cir. 1996)
MUNICIPAL ELEC. UTIL. ASS'N OF NEW YORK v. Conable (District Court, District of Columbia 1983)
Federal Trade Commission v. David R. Markin, President of Checker Motors Corporation, and Checker Motors Corporation (6th Cir. 1976)
Ecology Action and Suzanne Weber v. United States Atomic Energy Commission, and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, Intervenor (2d Cir. 1974)
Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. United Gas Pipe Line Co. (District Court, W.D. Louisiana 1971)
Safir v. Gibson (2d Cir. 1970)
Safir v. Gibson (2d Cir. 1970)
Allegheny Airlines, Inc. v. Fowler (District Court, S.D. New York 1966)
The Federal Trade Commission v. J. Weingarten, Inc. (5th Cir. 1964)
Swift & Company v. Wickham (District Court, S.D. New York 1964)
Long Beach Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Federal Home Loan Bank Board (United States District Court for the Southern District of California 1960)
Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. Texas Illinois Natural Gas Pipeline Co. (District Court, S.D. Texas 1954)
Holland Furnace Co. v. Purcell (District Court, W.D. Michigan 1954)
Williams v. Petty (United States District Court, Oklahoma Eastern 1953)
Riss & Co., Inc. v. Interstate Commerce Commission (D.C. Cir. 1950)
Akers Motor Lines, Inc. v. Malone Freight Lines, Inc. (United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama 1950)
Transamerica Corporation v. McCabe (District Court, District of Columbia 1948)
Scholnick v. Clark (District Court, District of Columbia 1948)
Philadelphia Co. v. Securities & Exchange Commission (D.C. Cir. 1947)
Securities & Exchange Commission v. Otis & Co. (Supreme Court of the United States 1949)

This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam:

Judgment reversed on the ground that respondent has failed to exhaust its administrative remedies. Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., 303 *803U. S. 41; Macauley v. Waterman S. S. Corp., 327 U. S. 540.

Howard E. Wahrenbrock argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Washington, Robert L. Stern, Lambert McAllister and Louis W. McKernan. A. J. G. Priest argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were P. A. Lasley, Sidman I. Barber and B. H. Dewey, Jr. By special leave of Court, Wyatt Cleveland Holland, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for the State of Arkansas. With him on the brief were Guy E. Williams, Attorney General, H. Cecil Kilpatrick, and the Attorneys General of the States of Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming, as amici curiae.

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