Gas Pipeline Merger, Hearings...90-1, on S. 1687, to Amend the Natural Gas Act to Require a Certificate of Public Convenience for Certain Types of Pipeline Mergers and to Provide a New Method of Antitrust Review, July 18, 19; September 20, 19671967 - 173 pages |
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Page 83 - No corporation shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part of the stock or other share capital and no corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission shall acquire the whole or any part of the assets of...
Page 1 - ... however such result is attained, whether directly or indirectly, by use of common directors, officers, or stockholders, a holding or investment company or companies, a voting trust or trusts, or in any other manner whatsoever. It shall be unlawful to continue to maintain control or management accomplished or effectuated after the enactment of this amendatory paragraph and in violation of its provisions. As used in this paragraph and paragraph (5), the words 'control or management...
Page 83 - ... Civil Aeronautics Board, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Power Commission, Interstate Commerce Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission in the exercise of its jurisdiction under section 10 of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the United States Maritime Commission, or the Secretary of Agriculture under any statutory provision vesting such power in such Commission, Secretary, or Board.
Page 23 - British thermal unit (BTU) is the. amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water 1° F.
Page 110 - Upon timely application anyone shall be permitted to intervene in an action: (1) when a statute of the United States confers an unconditional right to intervene; or (2) when the applicant claims an interest relating to the property or transaction which is the subject of the action...
Page 30 - Federation and a member of the board of directors and the executive committee of the American Farm Bureau Federation.
Page 91 - That no corporation engaged in commerce shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part of the stock or other share capital and no corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission shall acquire the whole or any part of the assets of another corporation engaged also in commerce, where in any line of commerce in any section of the country, the effect of such acquisition may be substantially to lessen competition, or to tend to create a monopoly.
Page 83 - When there are two acts on the same subject the rule is to give effect to both if possible. But if the two are repugnant in any of their provisions, the latter act, without any repealing clause, operates to the extent of the repugnancy as a repeal of the first ; and even...
Page 105 - Is so situated that the disposition of the action may as a practical matter Impair or Impede his ability to protect that Interest, unless the applicant's Interest Is adequately represented by existing parties. "(b) Permissive Intervention. Upon timely application anyone may be permitted to intervene...
Page 83 - Nothing contained in this section shall apply to transactions duly consummated pursuant to authority given by the * * * Federal Power Commission * * * under any statutory provision vesting such power in such Commission * * *." The words "transactions duly consummated pursuant to authority...