Napa Valley Electric Co. v. Railroad Commission of California
District Court, N.D. California
Iii Equity. Suit for injunction by the Napa Valley Electric Company against the Railroad Commission of California.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN FLEET, District Judge.
The plaintiff, a public service corporation furnishing electric energy for power and other purposes, seeks to enjoin the enforcement of certain orders of the defendant commission regulating rates to be charged for its service as being in violation of its rights under the contract clause of the Constitution of the United States (article 1, § 10, cl. 1), and the Fourteenth Amendment thereto.
Defendants have moved to dismiss the bill on the ground, among others, that it appears from its averments that the controversy stated is res judicata, and I am of opinion that the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Prentis v. Atlantic Coast Line Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Hart Steel Co. v. Railroad Supply Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Kessler v. EldredSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Calaf Y Fugurul v. Calaf Y RiveraSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- DET. & MACKINAC RY. CO. v. Mich. RR Comm.Supreme Court of the United States · 1914
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- Geibel v. State BarCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939
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- Wallace Ranch Water Co. v. Railroad Commission of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1931
- Consolidated Freightways, Inc. v. Railroad CommissionDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1941
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