Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. United States

The only question for decision in this case is whether the Federal Communications Commission has jurisdiction to regulate interstate interzone message rates in the Kansas City District Exchange Area of the plaintiff.

By an order dated May 28, 1941, the Commission claimed and asserted such jurisdiction. Thereupon the plaintiff brought this suit to enjoin the Commission from the exercise of its claimed jurisdiction. The facts are admitted, and it is upon the application of the law to such facts that the question of jurisdiction comes up for decision.

The plaintiff, in accordance with an approved…