Naacp v. Fpc

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• noting that the FPA did not grant the Commission “a broad license to promote the general public welfare”
• holding FPC to be mistaken in concluding that it lacked jurisdiction to promulgate regulations concerning employment discrimination by its regulatees
• reviewing agency's refusal to promulgate rule because refusal was based on agency's contention that it lacked jurisdiction
• reviewing agency’s refusal to promulgate rule because refusal was based on agency’s contention that it lacked jurisdiction
• \(T)he words 'public interest' in a regulatory statute * * * take meaning from the purposes of the regulatory legislation.\
• authority to promote “public interest” does not give Federal Power Commission (now FERC) warrant to try to remedy employment discrimination without regard to effects on utility rates

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