Consolidated Gas Co. of New York v. Newton
District Court, S.D. New York
In Equity. Suit 'by the Consolidated Gas Company of New York against Charles D. Newton, as Attorney General of the State of New York, Lewis Nixon, constituting the Public Service Commission of the State of New York, First District,‘and Edward Swann, District Attorney of the County of New York.
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In Equity. Suit 'by the Consolidated Gas Company of New York against Charles D. Newton, as Attorney General of the State of New York, Lewis Nixon, constituting the Public Service Commission of the State of New York, First District,‘and Edward Swann, District Attorney of the County of New York. This is a suit in equity, brought by a gas company in the city of New York to enjoin the execution by the defendants of chapter 125 of the Laws of 1906 of the state of New York, which imposed on the plaintiffs, among others, a limitation of 80 cents in the rate which it might charge to consumers. The…
1Opinion of the CourtLearned Hand, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). This bill was filed under the leave given in Willcox v. Consolidated Gas Co., 212 U. S. 19, 29 Sup. Ct. 192, 53 L. Ed. 382, 48 L. R. A. *234(N. S.) 1134, 15 Ann. Cas. 1034, to begin a new suit of the same kind after a period of probation should have tested the adequacy of the rate established by the statute. Ten years passed before this was done, and the experience gained meanwhile would, under ordinary circumstances, have been sufficient. However, during that period there occurred the extraordinary rise of prices due to the Great War, which has made the future…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- The Minnesota Rate CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Taylor v. SecorSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Willcox v. Consolidated Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Norwood v. BakerSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- City of Knoxville v. Knoxville Water Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
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3Cited by44 opinions
- West Ohio Gas Co. v. Public Util. Comm'n of OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Newton v. Consolidated Gas Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Central Kentucky Natural Gas Co. v. Railroad Commission of KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- State v. Tri-State Telephone and Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
- Alabama Public Service Commission v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1949
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