Legal Opinion
Tecumseh Gas System, Inc. v. State
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided June 24, 1975No. 47721PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HODGES, Vice Chief Justice.
The Order of the Corporation Commission challenged in this appeal established rate schedules for a public utility. Tecumseh Gas System, Inc., (Tecumseh Gas) alleges that the rate schedules were established without determination of either a rate base or a percentage rate of return, and these are necessary prerequisites to proper determination of rate schedules. It is asserted that failure to include them is violative of Art. 9 § 20 of the Oklahoma Constitution. We agree.
The application for rate increase was assigned to a referee for hearing. The Commission adopted…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Nesbitt v. Oklahoma Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1965
- General Telephone Company of Southwest v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1971
3Cited by8 opinions
- Application of Arkansas Louisiana Gas CompanySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1976
- In Re Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. v. Sun Oil Co. of PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1976
- Tecumseh Gas System, Inc. v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1977
- Lone Star Gas Co. v. Corporation CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1982
- Southeastern Oklahoma Development & Gas Authority v. Oklahoma Corp. CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
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