Legal Opinion
West Penn Railways Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 6, 1938No. Appeals, 55 and 72PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rhodes, J.,
West Penn Railways Company has appealed from two orders of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. By the one order, No. 55, April Term, 1939, dated March 22,1938 (modification refused May 9, 1938), the commission approved the application of appellant for leave to discontinue street railway service and abandon its street railway line on its McKeesport division, located in the city of McKeesport, the township of Versailles, and the borough of Versailles, in Allegheny County, and in the borough of Irwin, and the township of North Huntingdon, in Westmoreland County,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Morgan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Goodrich Transit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1912
- St. Clair Borough v. Tamaqua & Pottsville Elec. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
- City of Scranton v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
- Swarthmore Borough v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Philadelphia v. Holmes Electric Protective Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- Delaware River Port Authority v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Aizen v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1948
- Pittsburgh Railways Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Lacy v. East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
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