Legal Opinion
Southern Bell Telephone & TeleGraph Co. v. Louisiana Public Service Commission
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided February 25, 1957No. 43251PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMLIN, Justice ad hoc.
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company instituted this suit, praying that Order No. 6993 of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, issued June 30, 1956, which reduced its rates, be decreed null, *449void, and of no effect; and, that it be permitted and empowered to immediately increase its Louisiana intrastate tolls, rates and charges. In the alternative, plaintiff asked that the Order he declared null, and that it be empowered to immediately increase its November, 1952 rates prescribed by the Commission in Order No. 6131— 2.7%, the increase required to provide the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Bluefield Water Works & Improvement Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Los Angeles Gas & Electric Corp. v. Railroad CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Lindheimer v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
- West Ohio Gas Co. v. Public Util. Comm'n of OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Lewing v. De Soto Parish School BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1959
- Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Mississippi Public Service CommissionMississippi Supreme Court · 1959
- Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Louisiana Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1960
- So. Cent. Bell Tel. v. La. Public Service Com'nSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
- Baton Rouge Water Works Co. v. La. Pub. Serv. Comm.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
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