Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission of Missouri
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 21, 1923No. 158PublishedCited by 370 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
The Supreme Court of Missouri (233 S. W. 425) affirmed a judgment of the Cole County Circuit Court *282which sustained an order of the Public Service Commission of Missouri, effective -December 1, 1919. That order undertook to reduce rates for exchange service and to abolish the installation and moving charges theretofore demanded by plaintiff in error. It is challenged as confiscatory and in conflict with the Fourteenth Amendment.
During the period of federal control — August 1, 1918, to August 1, 1919 — the Postmaster General advanced the rates for telephone service and prescribed a schedule of…
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