Legal Opinion
City of Athens v. Gulf States Telephone Company
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 16, 1964No. 30PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
Gulf States Telephone Company filed suit in the District Court of Henderson County against the City of Athens, its Mayor and its Commissioners seeking to enjoin the enforcement of two city ordinances fixing the rates for the Telephone Company to charge for its local telephone service in said city on the alleged ground that said rates as fixed by said ordinances were confiscatory and in violation of both State and Federal Constitutions.
The cause came on for hearing before the Court without a jury on the company’s application for a permanent injunction; and after a full hearing, the Court…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Leonard v. SmallCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1930
- City of Athens v. EvansTexas Commission of Appeals · 1933
- City of Baytown v. General Tel. Co. of the SouthwestCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953
- Renger v. Jeffrey, Dist. JudgeTexas Supreme Court · 1944
- Universal Automobile Ins. Co. v. CulbersonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1932
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Ammex Warehouse Company v. ArcherTexas Supreme Court · 1964
- Dawson v. First National Bank of TroupCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Robertson v. LandCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975
- Texas Liquor Control Board v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1964
- General Telephone Co. of the Southwest v. City of GarlandCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975
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