City of Fort Collins v. Public Utilities Commission
Supreme Court of Colorado
Proceeding to review an order of the public utilities commission concerning telephone rates within the limits of a home rule city. Writ of Review to the Public Utilities Commission.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Denison
This case is brought here under the statute to review *555the order of the Public Utilities Commission as to telephone rates in Fort Collins.
The City of Fort Collins, after the passage of the Home Rule Amendment in 1912, S. L. 1913, p. 669, adopted a charter which gives that city control of the rates to be charged by public utilities within its limits. A controversy has arisen as to whether, under these circumstances, the city has a right to control such rates or whether, by virtue of the Act of 1913, S. L. 1913, p. 464, and the amendments thereto, such control belongs to the Public Utilities…
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- Home Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of Los AngelesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- City & County of Denver v. HallettSupreme Court of Colorado · 1905
- State ex rel. City of Sedalia v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1918
- City & County of Denver v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1919
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Colorado · 1920
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