Legal Opinion
City of Birmingham v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 7, 1937No. 3 Div. 185PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARDNER, Justice.
Upon petition of the City ,of Birmingham, among others, and after a hearing and consideration of voluminous evidence, extending over a period of several months, the Alabama Public Service Commission entered an order declaring existing telephone rates unreasonable and placed in effect a schedule of rates amounting in the aggregate to a reduction of $250,000 annually, and reducing the charge for hand sets from 25 to 15 cents per month. From this order the City of Birmingham prosecuted an appeal to the circuit court of Montgomery, where the appeal was dismissed upon motion…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- United States v. KleinSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
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- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. GarrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Ball v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1961
- Alabama Public Service Commission v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1949
- State v. Alabama Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
- Rogers v. City of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1964
- Georgia Power Co. v. Allied Chemical Corp.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1975
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