Legal Opinion

Bell Telephone Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 12, 1939No. Appeal, No. 133PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Keller, P. J.,

This is an appeal by The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, (hereinafter called Bell Company), from an order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission directing it to revise its intrastate toll rates for distances exceeding thirty-six miles so as to conform to the rates charged by American Telephone & Telegraph Company, (hereinafter called American Company), using appellant’s facilities, for service over comparable distances in interstate service.

The order was based on a finding of the Commission, made after a full and extended hearing, that the toll rates…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. The Minnesota Rate CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  2. Houston, East & West Texas Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  3. Florida v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  4. Wisconsin RR Comm. v. C., B. & QRR CO.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
  5. Illinois Central Railroad v. State Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1918

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Pittsburgh v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  2. Pittsburgh v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
  3. N.A.A.C.P. v. P.U.C & Philadelphia Electric Co.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  4. Bell Telephone Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  5. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Service CommissionUtah Supreme Court · 1943

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