Legal Opinion
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company v. State
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 22, 1974No. 44155, 44192PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Otis, Justice.
These proceedings have been brought by Northwestern Bell Telephone Company (the company) to obtain from the Minnesota Public Service Commission (the commission) authority to adopt a telephone rate increase in Minnesota. The State of Minnesota, the city of Minneapolis, and the Department of Defense, acting on its own behalf and for all other executive agencies of the United States, were granted leave to intervene. The commission approved a rate increase which would produce additional gross revenues of $34,025,720 and net earnings of $14,443,918. The state and the city of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- State ex rel. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission of MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Arizona Grocery Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
- State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. General Telephone Co. of the SoutheastSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972
- State v. Tri-State Telephone and Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
6 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by47 opinions
- Application of Hawaii Elec. Light Co., Inc.Hawaii Supreme Court · 1979
- Application of MinnegascoSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1997
- Independent Voters v. Illinois Commerce CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1987
- New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1976
- St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce v. Minnesota Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
42 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.