Legal Opinion
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Georgia Public Service Commission
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 15, 1948No. Nos. 16241, 16248, 16249PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Duckworth, Presiding Justice.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) Headnotes 1, 2, 3, and 4 require no elaboration.'
The Georgia Public Service Commission is a constitutional board. Article 4, section 4, paragraph 3 (Code, Ann. Supp., *870§ 2-2703). The law vests in this board the exclusive authority to determine and fix what are just and reasonable rates. Code, § 93-309. The function of making telephone rates is legislative in nature, and such rates can not be judicially fixed by courts. 43 Am. Jur. 634, § 83; Central Kentucky &c. Co. v. Railroad Comm., 290 U. S. 264 (2) (54 Sup. Ct. 154, 78 L.…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Federal Power Commission v. Natural Gas Pipeline Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Willcox v. Consolidated Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- St. Joseph Stock Yards Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- State ex rel. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission of MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- City of Knoxville v. Knoxville Water Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
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3Cited by51 opinions
- Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
- Alabama Public Service Commission v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1949
- Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. Public Service CommissionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1952
- Georgia Power Co. v. Georgia Public Service CommissionCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
- Georgia Public Service Commission v. Atlanta Gas Light Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1949
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