Legal Opinion
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of Meridian
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided June 12, 1961No. 41885PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEthridge, J.
This case deals with the application and validity of a charge or rent required by a 1956 Mississippi statute to be paid a municipality for the use by a telephone company of public streets. The principal question is whether the charge, as sought to be imposed by the City of Meridian upon Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company (called Southern Bell), violates the contract clause (Sec. 16) of the Miss. Constitution of 1890, which states that “laws impairing the obligation of contracts shall not be passed.” We hold that it does.
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2Cases cited37 opinions
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Boyd's Lessee v. GravesSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
- City of Meridian v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- City of Owensboro v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Russell v. SebastianSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
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