City & County of Denver v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Writ of Review to PubUc Utilities Commission.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
The sole question involved herein is whether the Public Utilities Commission has jurisdiction to regulate the rates to be charged by The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company in its local service within the City and County of Denver. The case does not involve the constitutionality of the Public Utilities Act, but only whether the act is applicable within the aforesaid municipality. The City and County of Denver came into existence by virtue of Article XX of the Colorado Constitution, and that article, as amended at the general election of 1912, measures its powers.
Prior to the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Home Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of Los AngelesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- People v. . GillsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- People ex rel. Attorney General v. CassidaySupreme Court of Colorado · 1911
- City & County of Denver v. HallettSupreme Court of Colorado · 1905
- Londoner v. City & County of DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1911
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3Cited by52 opinions
- City and County of Denver v. SweetSupreme Court of Colorado · 1958
- State v. City of New OrleansSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- Town of Holyoke v. SmithSupreme Court of Colorado · 1924
- Four-County Metropolitan Capital Improvement District v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court of Colorado · 1962
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad v. City & County of DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1983
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