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State Corporation Comm’n v. Wichita Gas Co., 290 U.S. 561 (1934)
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State Corporation Comm’n v. Wichita Gas Co., 290 U.S. 561 (1934)
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State Corporation Commission of Kansas v. Wichita Gas Co. No. 114 Argued November 16, 1933 Decided January 8, 1934 290 U.S. 561
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS
Syllabus
1. The sale, transportation, and delivery of natural gas from one state to distributors in another state is interstate commerce, and the rates to be charged therefor are not subject to state regulation. P. 563.
2. An order of a state commission which requires local distributors of natural gas not to include in their operating expense accounts more than a stated price for the gas delivered to them in interstate commerce by an affiliated pipeline company, and not to consider any payment in excess of that price in fixing a rate for domestic consumers, and which is merely a preliminary step in an investigation toward ascertaining the reasonableness of the local rates, can have no force as res judicata to bind the distributors in respect of payments to the pipeline company or the rates to be charged their consumers. P. 569.
3. Therefore, such an order is not, in itself, a ground for an injunction, even if unconstitutional, since injunction is not granted unless necessary to protect rights against injuries otherwise irremediable. P. 568.
2 F.Supp. 792 modified and affirmed.
Appeal from a decree enjoining the members of the commission from enforcing two orders, only one of which was questioned. It was conceded that the other was invalid.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," State Corporation Comm’n v. Wichita Gas Co., 290 U.S. 561 (1934) in 290 U.S. 561 290 U.S. 562. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=M7GXIK7QVBLQKY1.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." State Corporation Comm’n v. Wichita Gas Co., 290 U.S. 561 (1934), in 290 U.S. 561, page 290 U.S. 562. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=M7GXIK7QVBLQKY1.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in State Corporation Comm’n v. Wichita Gas Co., 290 U.S. 561 (1934). cited in 1934, 290 U.S. 561, pp.290 U.S. 562. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=M7GXIK7QVBLQKY1.
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