Legal Opinion
Glen Oaks Utilities, Inc. v. City of Houston
Texas Supreme Court
Decided November 23, 1960No. A-7875PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HICKMAN, Chief Justice.
This action was instituted by Glen Oaks Utilities, Inc., and Greenfield Utilities Corporation, petitioners, against the City of Houston, respondent, for an injunction to prevent the enforcement of an ordinance fixing rates to be charged by them for water and sewer service in the city. The City filed a plea to the jurisdiction of the district court to entertain the suit, which was sustained and the case dismissed. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the trial court’s judgment of dismissal. 334 S.W.2d 469.
The plea to the jurisdiction was based upon two grounds:
1. Since…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Ohio Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Int. Com. Comm. v. Louis. & Nash. RRSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- City of Houston v. Southwestern Bell Tel. Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1953
- General Telephone Co. v. City of WellingtonTexas Supreme Court · 1956
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3Cited by37 opinions
- University of Texas Medical School at Houston v. ThanTexas Supreme Court · 1995
- Sexton v. Mount Olivet Cemetery Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1986
- Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utility CommissionCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1987
- House of Tobacco, Inc. v. CalvertTexas Supreme Court · 1965
- Schenker v. City of San AntonioCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1963
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