Legal Opinion
Application of Diamond State Tel. Co.
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided February 19, 1954No. 937PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Layton, J.:
This appeal draws into question not only the action of the Commission in denying a substantial portion of the rate increase sought by the Company, but, also, for the first time, a major interpretation of the Public Service Commission Act, Title 26, Sections 101 et seq. of the Delaware Code of 1953. The decision of the Commission is very brief. It contains few findings of fact and is devoid of reasons in support of the conclusions arrived at. Inasmuch as the facts were all furnished by the Company and few, if any, are in dispute, in the interest of expediency, I shall make certain…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Munn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Smyth v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Federal Power Commission v. Natural Gas Pipeline Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Bluefield Water Works & Improvement Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Mississippi Public Service CommissionMississippi Supreme Court · 1959
- Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. Public Service CommissionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1963
- Application of Wilmington Suburban Water Corp.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1965
- Central Maine Power Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1960
- In Re the Application of Diamond State Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1955
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