Legal Opinion
City of Baytown v. General Tel. Co. of the Southwest
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 19, 1953No. 12526PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MONTEITH, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal by appellants, City of Baytown, its mayor and city council, from an order rendered by the District Court of Harris County granting appellee, General Telephone Company of the Southwest, a temporary injunction restraining appellants from enforcing an ordinance passed by the city council of Baytown prescribing rates to be charged by appellee for telephone services -furnished by appellee within the territorial limits of the City of Baytown, and from interfering with appellee in promulgating, charging and collecting fair and reasonable rates and charges…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Munn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Smyth v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Smyth v. Ames; Smyth v. Smith; Smyth v. HigginsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- State ex rel. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission of MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Gulf Land Co. v. Atlantic Refining Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1939
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3Cited by22 opinions
- City of Houston v. Southwestern Bell Tel. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1953
- General Telephone Co. v. City of WellingtonTexas Supreme Court · 1956
- A. J. Industries, Inc. v. Alaska Public Service CommissionAlaska Supreme Court · 1970
- General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. City of WellingtonTexas Supreme Court · 1956
- City of Weslaco v. General Telephone Co. of the SouthwestCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1961
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