MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.
On January 6, 1936, the Federal Power Commission instituted an investigation to determine the "conditions, practices, and matters regarding the ownership, operation, management, and control" of the respondent corporations.
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