Legal Opinion
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. City of San Antonio
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 25, 1935No. 7528PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The Southwestern Bell Telephone Company filed a bill against the' city of San Antonio and its officials to restrain the enforcement of a scale of rates for telephone service within the city which had been established on June 20, 1918, for the company’s predecessor by authority of the city, asserting that the scale had become confiscatory; ■ *881and to enjoin interference with a higher scale which the company had proposed to the city, and which, after a hearing, had been rejected. The answer denied confiscation, and asserted that the old rates were fair and reasonable and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Los Angeles Gas & Electric Corp. v. Railroad CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Lindheimer v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Smith v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1930
- West Ohio Gas Co. v. Public Util. Comm'n of OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Newton v. Consolidated Gas Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Birmingham Electric Co. v. Alabama Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
- Shellman v. ShellmanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- Walling v. Peavy-Wilson Lumber Co.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1943
- United States v. RCA Alaska Communications, Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 1979
- City of Baytown v. General Tel. Co. of the SouthwestCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953
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