Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Cities of Seattle & Tacoma v. Public Service Commission

Washington Supreme Court

Decided March 3, 1920No. 15607PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Thurston county, Wright, J., entered May 15, '1919, approving orders of the public service commission fixing telephone rates, after a hearing on a writ of review.

1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.

— The relators, cities of Seattle and Tacoma, seek reversal of a judgment rendered by the *131superior court for Thurston county, affirming orders of the public service commission of this state approving and making effective a tariff of rates to be charged in this state by the respondent Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company and the United States Director of Telegraph and Telephone Systems, made while he was in the possession and control of the system owned by that company. The relators also seek the annulling of the orders of the public service commission approving and making effective the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. North Dakota Ex Rel. LangerSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
  2. Dakota Central Telephone Co. v. South Dakota Ex Rel. PayneSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
  3. MacLeod v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
  4. Kansas v. BurlesonSupreme Court of the United States · 1919

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. North Laramie Land Co. v. HoffmanWyoming Supreme Court · 1921
  2. State Ex Rel. Olympic Peninsula Motor Freight Co. v. Valley Milk Transportation, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1935

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