Legal Opinion
Lightfoot v. City of Springfield
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided January 8, 1951No. 41904PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN OSDOL, C/
[ 349] Plaintiffs, individually and as representatives of a class (ultimate consumers of natural gas at Springfield, Missouri), instituted this action against defendant, City of Springfield, and against City’s Board of Public Utilities, seeking a judgment declaring that the ultimate consumers are entitled to a fund of $803,366.37 allocable to the “city gate” of Springfield and now held in a depository pursuant to an order of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. The fund represents the difference between the old stipulated rate charged for natural gas by…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Public Util. Comm'n of Ohio v. United Fuel Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Federal Power Commission v. Interstate Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Central States Electric Co. v. City of MuscatineSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Cities Service Gas Co. v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1946
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3Cited by25 opinions
- State Tax Commission v. Administrative Hearing CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
- State Ex Rel. Utility Consumers Council of Missouri, Inc. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1979
- Railroad Com'n of Texas v. Lone Star Gas Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1983
- State Ex Rel. Monsanto Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1986
- State ex rel. GTE North, Inc. v. Missouri Public Service CommissionMissouri Court of Appeals · 1992
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