Legal Opinion

Sierra Pac. Power Co. v. City of Reno

District Court, D. Nevada

Decided June 28, 1940No. C-29Published

1Opinion of the Court

NORCROSS, District Judge.

This suit was tried and submitted upon a supplemental complaint and answer thereto, filed subsequent to the decision of this court and, upon the appeal therefrom, the decision of the 'Circuit Court of Appeals, 9 Cir., 44 F.2d 281.

The supplemental complaint is based on the alleged unconstitutionality of a subsequent amendment to the State Public Utility Act, Comp.Laws Nev. § 6112, reading as follows: “provided, that it shall be unlawful for any public utility, for any purpose or obj ect whatever, in any city or town containing more than four thousand five hundred…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Cohens v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
  2. Mallon v. Board of Water CommissionersMissouri Court of Appeals · 1910
  3. Farkas v. City of AlbanySupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
  4. Reno Power, Light & Water Co. v. Public Service CommissionDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1921
  5. City of Reno v. Sierra Pacific Power Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1930

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