Legal Opinion
Iowa City v. Iowa City Light & Power Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 28, 1937No. 10852PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.
This suit in equity was brought by the Iowa City Light & Power Company against the city of Iowa City, its mayor and solicitor and members of the city council, to enjoin the defendants from enforcing a gas rate ordinance passed by the city council April 19, 1935, and from interfering with or obstructing the plaintiff in the distribution of natural gas to the city and its inhabitants.
The plaintiff is the successor in interest to the Iowa City Gas Light Company which was granted a 25 year gas franchise by the city in 1909. The franchise expired in 1934, but there are no…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Alexander v. HillmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- City and County of Denver v. Denver Union Water Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- United States v. Union Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Cedar Rapids Water Co. v. City of Cedar RapidsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Village of Lapwai v. AlligierIdaho Supreme Court · 1949
- Abbott v. Iowa CitySupreme Court of Iowa · 1938
- City of Paris v. Paris-Henry County Public Utility DistrictTennessee Supreme Court · 1960
- Village of Orland Hills v. Citizens Utilities Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2004
- Clay v. Catlettsburg, Kenova & Ceredo Water Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1946
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