Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Henry v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided March 2, 1992No. 74194PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPALA, Chief Justice.
The issues to be resolved in this appeal are: (1) Does American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) have standing to seek corrective relief from the order tendered for review? (2) Is a public service corporation, i.e., Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (SWB), required by law to refund to its ratepayers surplus cash generated by a tax law change? (3) In determining the sum of surplus cash accumulated by SWB, may the Corporation Commission (Commission) include accrued interest? (4) Was it error for the Commission to direct SWB to apply the surplus cash toward upgrading…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- United Gas Improvement Co. v. Callery Properties, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Frazier v. Bryan Memorial Hospital AuthoritySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1989
- Union Pacific Railroad v. HadleySupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Cleary Petroleum Corp. v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
- Pittsburgh v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Markwell v. Whinery's Real Estate, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994
- Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Oklahoma Corporation CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994
- Independent Finance Institute v. ClarkSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1999
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