Wisconsin-Minnesota Light & Power Co. v. Railroad Commission of Wisconsin
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
In Equity. Suit by the Wisconsin-Minnesota Eight & Power Company against the Railroad Commission of Wisconsin and John J. Blaine, Attorney General. On motion for preliminary injunction. Denied.
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In Equity. Suit by the Wisconsin-Minnesota Eight & Power Company against the Railroad Commission of Wisconsin and John J. Blaine, Attorney General. On motion for preliminary injunction. Denied. The plaintiff, a corporation organized under the laws of Wisconsin, is in the conduct of a public utility, and the defendants are the Railroad Commission, created under the laws of Wisconsin, with authority to regulate rates 1o be charged by public utilities, and the defendant Blaine, the Attorney General of the state. The plaintiff, as such utility, furnishes electric, gas or hot-water heating service…
1Opinion of the CourtGeiger, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above).
[1] There are presented sharply contested questions, which the parties variously state as bearing upon the jurisdiction of the court, or upon the sufficiency of the bill in its disclosure of a cause of action, or upon the propriety of granting an injunction pendente lite, in view of certain issues of fact to be alluded to.
■ Speaking generally, the parties will agree that a cause of action to restrain an aggression by the state, through its tribunals or officials, upon the property or property rights of the plaintiff, in violation of the protection afforded…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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