Pennsylvania Gas Co. v. Public Service Commission
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered September 30, 1918, which reversed an order of Special Term granting a motion for a writ of prohibition. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The power to regulate commerce among the states delegated by the Constitution to the Federal government is exclusive.”
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Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered September 30, 1918, which reversed an order of Special Term granting a motion for a writ of prohibition. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The power to regulate commerce among the states delegated by the Constitution to the Federal government is exclusive.” The states have no power to regulate, burden or restrict interstate commerce. (U. S. Const. art. 1, § 8; Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 1; Brown v. Houston, 114 U. S. 622; Walling v. Michigan,…
1Opinion of the CourtCardozo, J.
The Pennsylvania Gas Company is a Pennsylvania corporation which supplies natural gas to the inhabitants of the city of Jamestown. Its gas fields and wells are in Pennsylvania, and its gas is conveyed to Jamestown through pipe lines. About forty-five miles of fine are in Pennsylvania and about five in New York. It has a branch office in Jamestown, and its mains and pipes are in the city’s streets. Formerly its rates for gas were thirty cents a thousand. Recently it attempted to raise its rates to thirty-five cents, and filed a schedule with the public service commission accordingly. A citizen…
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