Legal Opinion
Brooklyn Union Gas Co. v. Prendergast
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided June 24, 1925No. 1269PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMPBELL, District Judge.
This is an action in equity, the object of which is to have declared "unconstitutional, as eonfisca/tory and void, chapter 899 of the'Laws of 1923 of the state of New York, which prescribes a maximum rate, in cities containing a population of 1,900,000 or over, of $1 per 1,000 cubic feet of gas of a standard of not less than 650 B. t. u. per cubic foot, and for an'injunction restraining the defendants from enforcing or attempting to enforce the provisions- of said act.
New York City is the only city of the state which contains a population of over 1,000,-000.
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2Cases cited49 opinions
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- Fletcher v. PeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1810
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- Smyth v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
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3Cited by13 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Jackson County v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Missouri · 1976
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- International Ry. Co. v. PrendergastDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1932
- Public Utilities Commission of District of Columbia v. Capital Traction Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1927
- Graff v. Town of SewardCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1927
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