Legal Opinion
Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Corporation Commission of Oklahoma
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 25, 1983No. 58075PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HODGES, Justice.
The dispositive issue on certiorari is whether the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, appellee, has the power to require the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, appellant, to provide lockers for road crews at the Muskogee terminal. We find that it does not.
The question is controlled by our holding in St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co. v. State, 268 P.2d 845, 850 (Okl.1953). In St. Louis, the Court reversed an order of the Corporation Commission which had required construction of medical facilities, for employees because the Commission exceeded the powers prescribed by the Okla.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Public Service Co. of Oklahoma v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982
- St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1953
3Cited by4 opinions
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