Legal Opinion
Consolidated Gas Co. of New York v. Prendergast
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 22, 1925PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINSLOW, District Judge.
This is an action in equity, the object of which is to have declared unconstitutional, as confiscatory and void, chapter 899 of the Laws of 1923, state of New York, which prescribes a maximum rate in cities of 1,000,000 or more of $1 per 1,000 cubic feet of gas of not less than 650 British thermal units per cubic foot, and and for an injunction restraining the defendants from enforcing or attempting to enforce the provisions of said act. New York City is the only city of the state of over 1,000,000.
The special statutory court in this district composed of Rogers and…
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- In re L. Wenar Millinery Co.District Court, N.D. Texas · 1923
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