Hollis v. Kutz
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Appeal from a decree of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, which affirmed a decree of the Supreme Court of the District dismissing a bill brought by the present' appellants for the purpose of setting aside as unconstitutional certain orders of the Public Utilities Commission periiiitting the appellee gas company to increase its rates to private consumers while leaving them unchanged as to the…
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Appeal from a decree of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, which affirmed a decree of the Supreme Court of the District dismissing a bill brought by the present' appellants for the purpose of setting aside as unconstitutional certain orders of the Public Utilities Commission periiiitting the appellee gas company to increase its rates to private consumers while leaving them unchanged as to the Government and the District.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a bill in equity brought by private consumers of gas to have two orders of the Public Utilities Commission that increase the rate for gas to private consumers declared void. The first order, Number 254, March 15, 1918, raised the rate from 75 cents per thousand feet to 90 cents. The second, No. 314, March 15,1919, raised it to not exceeding 95 cents; the orders being made under the authority of the Act of March 4,1913, c. 150, § 8, 37 Stat. 938, 974, et seq., establishing the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia and fixing its powers. The bill and the appeal to this…
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