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NORTHWESTERN CO. v. POWER COMM'N.

No. 195.

321 U.S. 119 (1944)

64 S.Ct. 451

88 L.Ed. 596

NORTHWESTERN ELECTRIC CO. ET AL. v. FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 31, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.J.G. Priest, with whom Messrs. John A. Laing, Henry S. Gray, and Sidman I. Barber were on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Charles V. Shannon, with whom Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Shea, and Messrs. Chester T. Lane, Paul A. Sweeney, and Reuben Goldberg were on the brief, for respondent.

Mr. Spencer Gordon, on behalf of the American Institute of Accountants, as amicus curiae, filed a brief discussing principles of accounting.

MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioners assert that an order of the Federal Power Commission made pursuant to its authority to prescribe a uniform system of accounts for electric utilities is invalid because in excess of the Commission's statutory power and in violation of the Fifth and Tenth Amendments to the Constitution.

Northwestern Electric Company is an operating utility all of whose common shares are owned by American Power...

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