Supreme Court of the United States

Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co. — Frankfurter, J., Dissenting

January 3, 1944320 U.S. 591

Summary

Justice Frankfurter, dissenting, argues that the Natural Gas Act requires the Commission to consider the full public interest and to set rates based on economic realities rather than rigid rate‑base formulas, and he urges remand for the Commission to articulate explicit criteria for "just and reasonable" rates.

Docket Nos. 34 and 35

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