Legal Opinion

General Telephone Co. v. City of Wellington

Texas Supreme Court

Decided October 3, 1956No. A-5395PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Garwood

The subject matter of this suit is that of temporary injunctions in telephone rate disputes arising under Art. 1119, Vernon’s Texas Civ. Stats., copied in footnote.1

Our petitioner, General Telephone Company of the Southwest (plaintiff below) complains of the denial by the trial *240court and Amarillo Court of Civil Appeals of a temporary injunction restraining the respondents, City of Wellington, its Mayor and City Council members (defendants below) from requiring, by prosecution under a penalty ordinance (No. 332, approved August 24th, 1954) or otherwise, the observance by petitioner of the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Texas Foundaries, Inc. v. International Molders & Foundry Workers UnionTexas Supreme Court · 1952
  2. Lone Star Gas Co. v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1941
  3. Southland Life Insurance v. EganTexas Supreme Court · 1935
  4. Railroad Commission v. Shell Oil Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1947
  5. Lone Star Gas Co. v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1938

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Camp v. ShannonTexas Supreme Court · 1961
  2. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utility CommissionTexas Supreme Court · 1978
  3. City of Corpus Christi v. Public Utility Commission of TexasTexas Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Schenker v. City of San AntonioCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1963
  5. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utility CommissionTexas Supreme Court · 1981

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