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· 12/7/1936

Mountain States Power Co. v. Public Serv. Comm'n of Mont.

Citations

  • 299 U.S. 167
  • 57 S. Ct. 168
  • 81 L. Ed. 99
  • 1936 U.S. LEXIS 16

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  • “power to stay proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in every court to control the disposition of the causes on its docket with economy of time and effort for itself, for counsel, and for litigants”
  • “[T]he power to stay proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in every court to control the disposition of the causes on its docket with economy of time and effort for itself, for counsel, and for litigants.”

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Judges: McReynolds, Stone

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