Legal Opinion
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Oklahoma
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 28, 1938No. 560PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Per curiam
Motion to dismiss, for the want of jurisdiction, an appeal from a determination of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, made September 14, 1937, denying a “petition for rehearing in the nature of judicial review” after a decision affirming an order of the Corporation Commission of the State fixing rates for telephone service. The motion is upon the ground that the proceeding in the state court was legislative and was not a suit within the mean ing of § 237 of the Judicial Code (28 U. S. C. 344) governing our appellate jurisdiction.
The constitution of Oklahoma authorizes the Corporation Commission…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Whitney v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Prentis v. Atlantic Coast Line Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Lynch v. New York Ex Rel. PiersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Pioneer Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Pope v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Burlington County Evergreen Park Mental Hospital v. CooperSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1970
- State Ex Rel. Henry v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1992
- State v. Oklahoma Gas and Electric CompanySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1975
- In re BaerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
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