Legal Opinion
City of Ft. Smith v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided February 18, 1952No. 4-9647PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.
This appeal involves telephone rates. The appellants (hereinafter called “Cities”) are the City of Fort Smith and nine other Arkansas cities,1 which protest the rate increase made by the order herein involved. The real appellee is the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (hereinafter called “Southwestern”) which, by cross-appeal, seeks a greater rate increase than the one allowed. The Arkansas Public Service Commission (hereinafter called “Commission”) is also an appellee, since this proceeding was prosecuted in the Circuit Court by petition to review the order of the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Ohio Valley Water Co. v. Ben Avon BoroughSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- McCardle v. Indianapolis Water Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Board of Public Utility Commissioners v. New York Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Alabama Public Service Commission v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1949
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Davenport Water Co. v. Iowa State Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1971
- Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. State Corp. CommissionSupreme Court of Kansas · 1963
- Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Arkansas Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
- Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Mississippi Public Service CommissionMississippi Supreme Court · 1959
- State Corporation Com'n v. Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1954
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