Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Public Service Commission v. Southern Pac. Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Decided April 30, 1938No. 5998PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOLLAND, Chief Justice.
This case is to test the validity of chapters 87 and 100 of Laws of Utah 1937, amending and adding certain provisions in the statutes relating to the Public Service Commission and the State Tax Commission. The pleadings are voluminous. Plaintiffs, the Public Service Commission and the individual members thereof, instituted the action by petition for a writ of mandate requiring each of the defendants, all of whom operate public utilities within the State of Utah, to file on blank forms furnished by the commission and pursuant to demand of the commission therefor, a list…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Smyth v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Smyth v. Ames; Smyth v. Smith; Smyth v. HigginsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- State ex rel. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission of MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Railroad Commission v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. WeeksSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Kittery Electric Light Co. v. Assessors of KitterySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1966
- Kennecott Corp. v. Salt Lake CountyUtah Supreme Court · 1985
- Utah Power & Light Co. v. Public Service CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1944
- Pan Energy v. MartinUtah Supreme Court · 1991
- Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. v. Utah State Tax CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1997
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