Legal Opinion
Preston County Light & Power Co. v. Public Service Commission
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided March 17, 1969No. 3722PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
The plaintiffs brought this action to enjoin, suspend or restrain the operation and enforcement of an order of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia entered on February 1, 1967, in P.S.C. Case No. 6306. Among other things, the plaintiffs contend that the order of the Commission is confiscatory, deprives them of their property without due process of law, and accordingly is repugnant to the Fourteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution. Upon the filing of the complaint a district court of three judges was designated and organized as provided by 28 U.S.C.A. § 2281 et seq. In their…
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