MARYLAND ET AL.
v.
LOUISIANA

U.S. | 1980-03-03
No. 83
445 U.S. 913 Supreme Court of the United States (1980) Positive Treatment
Cited by 2 cases

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Holding

The Court appointed a Special Master to manage the proceedings, including pleadings, evidence, and witness testimony. The Special Master's expenses will be allocated among the parties by the Court.


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The case involves multiple parties and motions, including requests for leave to file answers, intervene, and for judgment on the pleadings. The Court …

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Opinion of the Court

Motion for appointment of Special Master granted. Motion of Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. et al. for leave to file an answer to motion for appointment of Special Master granted.

It is ordered that John F. Davis, Esquire, of Washington, D. C., be appointed Special Master in this case with authority to fix the time and conditions for the filing of additional pleadings and to direct subsequent proceedings, and with authority to summon witnesses, issue subpoenas, and take such evidence as may be introduced and such as he may deem necessary to call for. The Special Master is directed to submit such reports as he may deem appropriate.

The compensation of the Special Master, the allowances to him, the compensation paid to his technical, stenographic and clerical assistants, the cost of printing his report, and all other proper expenses shall be charged against and be borne by the parties in such proportion as the Court may hereafter direct.

It is further ordered that if the position of Special Master in this case becomes vacant during a recess of the Court, The Chief Justice shall have authority to make a new designation which shall have the same effect as if originally made by the Court herein.

Motions of Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. et al. and New Jersey for leave to intervene referred to the Special Master. Motion of plaintiffs for judgment on the pleadings and motion of Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. et al. for leave to file motion for judgment on the pleadings referred to the Special Master. Motion of Associated Gas Distributors for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae referred to the Special Master. [For earlier order herein, see 442 U. S. 937.]


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    …as in interstate commerce as well as a refund of taxes already collected. We granted plaintiffs’ motion for leave to file on June 18, 1979. 442 U. S. 937. Subsequently, as. is usual, we appointed a Special Master to facilitate handling of the suit. 445 U. S. 913 (1980). To date, the Special Master has issued two reports. In the first report, dated May 14, 1980, the Special Master recommended that the Court approve the motions of New Jersey, the United States, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERG),…
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