Legal Opinion

City of Los Angeles v. Los Angeles Gas & Electric Corp.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 8, 1919No. 50PublishedCited by 72 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. . The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna

The appellant city is a municipal corporation of the State of California and the other appellants are its officers, having official relation to it and its rights and powers.

The appellee is a California corporation invested with and in exercise of a franchise for generating and selling electricity through a system of poles and wires and other works in the public streets of Los Angeles, among others in that known as York Boulevard.

The appellee — to which we shall refer as the corporation-brought this suit in the District Court to declare invalid and restrain the execution of an ordinance of the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. South Carolina v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  2. New Orleans Gas Light Co. v. Drainage Commission of New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  3. Russell v. SebastianSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  4. Vicksburg v. Vicksburg Waterworks Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
  5. Vilas v. City of ManilaSupreme Court of the United States · 1911

3Cited by72 opinions

  1. Transit Commission v. Long Island RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
  2. Murphy v. StateArizona Supreme Court · 1947
  3. Southern California Gas Co. v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1958
  4. Eighth Avenue Coach Corp. v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1941
  5. The PesaroDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1921

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