Legal Opinion
New York Ex Rel. Woodhaven Gas Light Co. v. Public Service Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 7, 1925No. 33PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Butler
The gas company challenges the validity of an order of the Public Service Commission.on the ground that it confiscates the company’s property, is arbitrary and capricious, and therefore repugnant to the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.. The order was made April 20, 1020, and directed the company to extend its mains to furnish gas to the residents of five communities — Locust Manor, Locust Lawn, South Jamaica Place, Springfield, and Laurelton, — in the Borough of Queens, New York City; and that the extensions be completed and put in service by November 1, 1920. On the petition…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Kansas Ex Rel. Railroad CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Newton v. Consolidated Gas Co. of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Brownlow v. SchwartzSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- New York Ex Rel. New York & Queens Gas Co. v. McCallSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- City of Olive Hill v. Public Service CommissionCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1947
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