Newark Natural Gas & Fuel Co. v. City of Newark
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP OHIO. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
The question upon which pur jurisdiction is here invoked is whether an ordinance of the City of Newark, 'Ohio,- passed March 6,'1911, fixing the-maximum price that plaintiff in-error might charge to consumers of natural gas in that city for a period of five years at 20 cents per thousand cubic feet, with 10% discount for prompt payment, a rate described as “18 cents net,” is confiscatory, and therefore in violation of the “due process” ¡ clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Plaintiff in error operates under a franchise granted by a city ordinance passed February 21, 1898; for a term of…
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