Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Alabama Public Service Commission
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 30, 1958No. 3 Div. 841PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRILL, Justice.
In November, 1956, the Southern Railway Company, a Corporation, hereinafter referred to as Southern, filed a petition with the Alabama Public Service Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission, in pursuance of Tit. 48, § 106, Code 1940, for permission to discontinue its intrastate passenger trains Nos. 19 and 20 operating between Birmingham and Mobile, via Selma.
On July 8, 1957, after a public hearing, the Commission entered an order denying Southern’s petition stating that “we are of the opinion that a public need exists for the service and that need outweighs the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Alabama Public Service Commission v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. North Carolina Corporation Comm'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. KuykendallSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State v. Alabama Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
- Baggett v. WebbCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1971
- S & S DISTRIBUTING COMPANY v. Town of New HopeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
- H.T. v. Cleburne County Department of Human ResourcesCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2014
- Continental Telephone Co. v. ALA. PUB. SERVICE COMMISSIONSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
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