Cascade Natural Gas Corporation v. El Paso Natural Gas Company

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William M. Bennett, San Francisco, Cal., Rollin E. Woodbury, Los Angeles, Cal., and Richard B. Hooper, Seattle, Wash., for appellants.

Daniel Friedman, Deputy Sol. Gen., and Gregory A. Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., for appellees.

Richard W. Sabin, Salem, Ore., for State of Oregon, as amicus curiae, by special leave of Court.

Mr. Justice DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.