Legal Opinion
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Public Utilities Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 14, 1953No. 22PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Minton
These cases present the same questions of law and will be disposed of together. The Public Utilities Commission of California entered orders 1 authorizing the construction of certain grade separation improvements and allocating the costs therefor, pursuant to § 1202 of the Public Utilities Code of California. 2 On petitions to the Supreme Court of California, that court denied review of the Commission’s orders, 3 and these appeals followed. We postponed jurisdiction until a hearing on the merits.
We think the Commission’s orders must be treated as an act of the legislature for purposes of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Erie Railroad v. Board of Public Utility CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
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3Cited by54 opinions
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