Legal Opinion
Public Utilities Commission of District of Columbia v. Capital Traction Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 7, 1927No. 4412PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal by the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District setting aside a rate base valuation of the street railway property of the Capital Traction Company, made by the commission by authority of the Act of March 4,1913 (37 Stat. 974).
It is provided by that act that the commission, when making such a valuation of the property of a public utility, shall ascertain the amount of money expended for its construction and equipment and for its right of way, the amount it would require to secure. *674the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Willcox v. Consolidated Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- City of Knoxville v. Knoxville Water Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Galveston Electric Co. v. City of GalvestonSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Des Moines Gas Co. v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Newton v. Consolidated Gas Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
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3Cited by3 opinions
- 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
- 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
- Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Public Utilities Commission of District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1946