Legal Opinion
Oklahoma Packing Co. v. Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 29, 1940No. 19PublishedCited by 228 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
The case concerns a rate controversy which has been winding its slow way through state and federal courts for thirteen years.1 While the relationship of two utilities with Wilson & Co., a consumer of natural gas, complicates the situation, the legal issues before us may be disposed of as though this were a typical case of a utility resisting an order reducing its rates.2 Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company (hereafter called Gas & Electric) appealed to *6the Oklahoma Supreme Court from such an order by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. The reduction was stayed pending the appeal, but to protect…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Neirbo Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Madisonville Traction Company v. Saint Bernard Mining CompanySupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Wells Fargo & Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Hill v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Steelman v. All Continent Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
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3Cited by228 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Brotherhood of Locomotive EngineersSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Mitchum v. FosterSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Vendo Co. v. Lektro-Vend Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Toucey v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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