Legal Opinion
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Sacramento Municipal Utility Dist.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided December 23, 1936No. 1275-LPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROCHE, District Judge.
Plaintiff sues to enjoin the issuance of $12,000,000 of defendant’s power bonds, to prevent the levying and collection of such taxes, as are necessary to pay for the bonds, and for declaratory relief against the taxes.
The defendant is a municipal utility district made up in part of unincorporated territory, seeking to erect an electric power plant, and to distribute and sell power therefrom. Bonds have been voted to finance this project and are about to be issued and sold.
The plaintiff company, which is the present supplier of electric power to this territory, attacks…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Illinois Central Railroad v. DecaturSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Browning v. HooperSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Jones v. City of PortlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Puget Sound Power & Light Co. v. SeattleSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.California Supreme Court · 1942
- In Re Board of Directors of Tillamook People's Utility DistrictOregon Supreme Court · 1938