Legal Opinion
Glen Oaks Utilities, Inc. And Greenfield Utilities Corporation v. City of Houston
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 4, 1960No. 18165PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Circuit Judge.
The appellants brought suit in the United States District Court seeking an injunction to prohibit the City of Houston from enforcing an ordinance fixing the Companies’ rates for water and sewer service. It was asserted that the rates were confiscatory. A similar suit had been brought and was pending in a state court of Texas. The district court entered an order that the suit and all proceedings therein be stayed pending final determination of the state court proceeding.
The appellants are corporations which provide water service and sanitary sewer service to a…
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