Legal Opinion

Oklahoma City v. Corporation Commission

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided February 1, 1921No. 11998PublishedCited by 36 opinions

Application by Oklahoma City, Muskogee, Guthrie, Enid, Shawnee, Wellston, Chandler, and El Reno, municipal corporations of the State, for writ of prohibition to the State Corporation Commission.

1Opinion of the Court

.MeNEILL, J.

This is an original proceeding commenced in this court by Oklahoma City and other cities to prohibit the Corporation Commission from putting in force and effect order No. T829, dated December 20, 1920. The applicants for the writ contend that the order is void, and unless the commission is enjoined from putting same into force the applicants and the inhabitants of the cities will suffer irreparable injury, and they have no other effective or adequate, convenient remedy at law.

A brief summary of the facts necessary, to be considered in this proceeding may be stated as follows: On…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Ex Parte LangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  2. Smyth v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  3. Smyth v. Ames; Smyth v. Smith; Smyth v. HigginsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  4. Windsor v. McVeighSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  5. City of Knoxville v. Knoxville Water Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Winona Oil Co. v. BarnesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1921
  2. State v. District Court of Eighth Jud. Dist.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1925
  3. Morgan v. KarcherSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1921
  4. Southern Oil Corp. v. Yale Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
  5. Tippins v. TurbenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1933

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