Legal Opinion
Culpepper v. Phenix City
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided April 14, 1927No. 4 Div. 289PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSomerville, J.
The matter of chief importance presented by the amended bill of complaint in support of its prayer for injunctive relief against the municipality— the prevention of the municipal bond issue as authorized by the municipal election — -is found in complainant’s contention that under the Public Utility Act of 1920 (Special Sess. Acts 1920, p. 38; Code 1923, §§ 9740-9824) the Public Service Commission “has general and exclusive power and jurisdiction to regulate and supervise” municipal corporations, in so far as they may undertake the construction and operation of public utilities, with respect…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Springfield Gas & Electric Co. v. City of SpringfieldIllinois Supreme Court · 1920
- Springfield Gas & Electric Co. v. City of SpringfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- City of Montgomery v. GreeneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
- Pilcher v. City of DothanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
- Clements v. Commission of City of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Alabama Power Co. v. Citizens of StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1999
- Van Antwerp v. Board of Com'rsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1928
- Mitchell v. City of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943
- Alabama Power Co. v. Cullman County Electric Membership Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1937
- City of Biloxi v. CawleyMississippi Supreme Court · 1973
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