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NEWTON v. NEW YORK & QUEENS GAS CO.

No. 296.

258 U.S. 178 (1922)

42 S.Ct. 268

66 L.Ed. 549

NEWTON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, ET AL. v. NEW YORK & QUEENS GAS COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 6, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Wilber W. Chambers, with whom Mr. Charles D. Newton, Attorney General of the State of New York, and Mr. Clarence R. Cummings were on the brief, for Newton, Attorney General.

Mr. M. Maldwin Fertig, with whom Mr. John P. O'Brien and Mr. James A. Donnelly were on the brief, for Wallace, District Attorney.

Mr. William L. Ransom, with whom Mr. John A. Garver, Mr. Charles A. Vilas and Mr. Jacob H. Goetz were on the briefs, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

This appeal brings up for review a final decree entered November 19, 1920, which adjudged that in so far as c. 125, Laws of New York of 1906, prohibited appellee from charging and receiving more than $1.00 per thousand cubic feet for gas delivered and sold in the Third Ward, Borough of Queens, New York City, it was and had been confiscatory since January 1, 1919. 269 Fed. 277.

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