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CENTRAL STATES CO. v. MUSCATINE

No. 85.

324 U.S. 138 (1945)

65 S.Ct. 565

89 L.Ed. 801

CENTRAL STATES ELECTRIC CO. v. CITY OF MUSCATINE ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 12, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Perry M. Chadwick, with whom Mr. Bert L. Klooster was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Charles V. Shannon, with whom Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Shea, Messrs. Robert L. Stern, Jerome H. Simonds and Stanley M. Morley were on the brief, for the Federal Power Commission; and the cause was submitted by Mr. Matthew Westrate for the City of Muscatine and by Elmer E. Johnson, pro se, — respondents.

MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

We are concerned in this case with the nature and extent of the powers of a federal court sitting to review an order of the Federal Power Commission.

The decision of the court below denied the petitioner's application for payment to it of a fund of some $25,000 deposited in court, and directed its payment to persons not privies to the transaction which created the fund. A detailed recitation of events...

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