Legal Opinion
Hotel Pfister, Inc. v. Wisconsin Telephone Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided December 9, 1930PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFowler, J.
Sec. 196.01 (1) and (4), Stats., classifies telephone companies among public utilities and provides that the broadest and most inclusive sense shall be given to the term “service.” Sec. 196.02 (1) and (2) vests the railroad commission with power to regulate and supervise public utilities and to fix rates for service according to classifications made by the commission and to require public utilities to conform thereto. The jurisdiction and powers conferred by the latter section “are broad, comprehensive, and all-inclusive.” Commonwealth Tel. Co. v. Carley, 192 Wis. 464, 213 N. W. 469.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- Commonwealth Telephone Co. v. CarleyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1927
- State ex rel. Reynolds v. City of AppletonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1928
3Cited by8 opinions
- Ambassador, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- People ex rel. Public Service Commission v. New York Telephone Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941
- Wisconsin Power & Light Co. v. Public Service CommissionCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1989
- People ex rel. Public Service Commission v. New York Telephone Co.New York Supreme Court · 1940
- United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1944
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