Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Department of Public Service

Washington Supreme Court

Decided October 22, 1943No. 28594PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBeals, J.

The Pacific Telephone •& Telegraph Company is a California corporation, owning and operating a telephone system throughout the states of Washington, Oregon, northern California, and a small portion of the state of Idaho. The company furnishes in the state of Washington both intrastate and interstate telephone service, and is a public service company within the scope of the “public service commission law” (Rem. Rev. Stat, § 10339 [P. C. § 5528] et seq.) During the month of June, 1938, the company filed with the department of public service of Wash*205ington rate schedules designed to increase its…

2Cases cited79 opinions

  1. Smyth v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  2. Ohio Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  3. Federal Power Commission v. Natural Gas Pipeline Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
  4. Bluefield Water Works & Improvement Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  5. Smyth v. Ames; Smyth v. Smith; Smyth v. HigginsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1898

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3Cited by46 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. General Telephone Co. of the SoutheastSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972
  2. Democratic Central Committee of the District of Columbia v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission, D. C. Transit System, Inc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
  3. Petstel, Inc. v. County of KingWashington Supreme Court · 1969
  4. Burns v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 2007
  5. Alabama Public Service Commission v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1949

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