Case: Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin et al.; and Texas et al. v. Wisconsin et al.
Abbreviation: Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin
Decision Date: 1954-01-18
Docket Number: No. 280; No. 281
Citation: 346 U.S. 934
Volume: 346
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin et al.; and Texas et al. v. Wisconsin et al.
Judges: Mr. Justice Black dissents. The motion for leave to file brief of the Independent Petroleum Assn, et al., as amici curiae, is denied.
Pages: 934–935

Head Matter:
No. 280.
No. 281.
Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin et al.; and Texas et al. v. Wisconsin et al.
Rayburn L. Foster, Harry D. Turner and Hugh B. Cox for petitioner in No. 280. John Ben Shepperd, Attorney General, and Charles E. Crenshaw, Special Assistant Attorney General, for the State of Texas et al., Mac Q. Williamson, Attorney General, for the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma, and Richard H. Robinson, Attorney General, George A. Graham, Special Assistant Attorney General, and L. C. White for the State of New Mexico et al., petitioners in No. 281. A brief of amici curiae urging that the petitions be granted was filed on behalf of the States of Louisiana, by Fred S. LeBlanc, Attorney General; Colorado, by Duke W. Dunbar, Attorney General, and Wilbur Rocchio, Assistant Attorney General; Mississippi, by /. P. Coleman, Attorney General; North Dakota, by E. T. Christianson, Attorney General; Wyoming, by Howard Black, Attorney General; and the State Corporation Commission of Kansas, by Jay Kyle, General Counsel.

Opinion:
On petitions for rehearing and petitions for writs of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Petitions for rehearing granted. The orders entered November 30, 1953, denying certiorari, 346 U. S. 896, are vacated and the petitions for writs of certio-rari are granted.
Mr. Justice Black dissents. The motion for leave to file brief of the Independent Petroleum Assn, et al., as amici curiae, is denied.
Reported below: 92 U. S. App. D. C. 284,205 F. 2d 706.