Legal Opinion
Mobile Gas Co. v. Patterson
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided October 31, 1923PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CFAYTON, District Judge.
The length and strenuosity of this litigation demonstrates its importance and requires a careful consideration of the following questions:
"(1) What is the reasonable value of the properties of the Mobile Gas Company which are used and useful in the public s'ervice?(2) To what extent, if any, is the foregoing inquiry controlled by contract between the parties ?(3) Is the tariff of rates which was fixed by the Alabama Public Service Commission in its order cf July 24. 1922, confiscator)' ?(4) Did the Commission comply-with the condition imposed by the statute as…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Hale v. HenkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Bluefield Water Works & Improvement Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Willcox v. Consolidated Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- State ex rel. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission of MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Wichita Railroad & Light Co. v. Public Utilities Commission of KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
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3Cited by20 opinions
- McCardle v. Indianapolis Water Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- West Ohio Gas Co. v. Public Util. Comm'n of OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- United Rs. & Elec. Co. of Baltimore v. WestSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Alabama Public Service Commission v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1949
- Bank of America Nat. Trust & Savings Ass'n v. DouglasCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
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