Utah Power Light Company v. United States

United States Supreme Court

243 U.S. 389

Utah Power Light Company  v.  United States

 Argued: October 11 and 12, 1916. --- Decided: March 19, 1917

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Messrs. Graham Sumner and William V. Hodges for the Utah Power & Light Company.

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Messrs. Clyde C. Dawson, Frank H. Short, H. R. Waldo, Frank J. Gustin, Charles A. Gillette, and Dean F. Brayton for the Beaver River Power Company.

Mr. Albert R. Barnes, Attorney General of Utah, Mr. Fred Farrar, Attorney General of Colorado, Mr. J. H. Peterson, Attorney General of Idaho, Mr. George B. Thacher, Attorney General of Nevada, Mr. Willis E. Reed. Attorney General of Nebraska, and Messrs. Frank H. Short, Clyde C. Dawson and S. A. Bailey heard on behalf of the state of Utah and other states.

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Assistant Attorney General Knaebel for the United States.

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Messrs. John R. Dixon and William B. Bosley as amici curiae

Mr. Justice Van Devanter delivered the opinion of the court:

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