MISSOURI v. KANSAS GAS CO.

Nos. 155, 133 and 137.

265 U.S. 298 (1924)

44 S.Ct. 544

68 L.Ed. 1027

STATE OF MISSOURI ON THE RELATION OF BARRETT, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ET AL. v. KANSAS NATURAL GAS COMPANY. KANSAS NATURAL GAS COMPANY v. STATE OF KANSAS ON THE RELATION OF HELM, ATTORNEY FOR THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS. STATE OF KANSAS ON THE RELATION OF JACKSON, ATTORNEY FOR THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS, ETC. v. CENTRAL TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 26, 1924.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.W. Dana and Mr. Frank E. Atwood, with whom Mr. L.H. Breuer was on the brief, for appellants in No. 155.

Mr. Robert D. Garver, with whom Mr. Herbert O. Caster and Mr. Richard J. Higgins were on the briefs, for the Kansas Natural Gas Company, appellee in Nos. 155 and 137, and plaintiff in error in No. 133.

Mr. Fred S. Jackson for defendant in error in No. 133.


MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

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...

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