Legal Opinion
City of Weslaco v. General Telephone Co. of the Southwest
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided November 29, 1961No. 13820PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPE, Justice.
This is a telephone rate case. The trial court permanently enjoined the City of Weslaco, a home rule city, from enforcing the terms of a rate regulatory ordinance enacted June 21, 1960. The injunction was granted upon General Telephone’s contention that the City had no power to regulate intra-state rates, and the local rates were confiscatory, as that term is used in rate cases. General Telephone Company of the Southwest v. City of Wellington, 156 Tex. 238, 294 S.W.2d 385, 389. We must determine (1) whether General Telephone exhausted its administrative remedy before resorting…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Railroad Commission v. Houston Natural Gas Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1956
- Red Wing Malting Co. v. WillcutsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
- Texas-Louisiana Power Co. v. City of FarmersvilleTexas Commission of Appeals · 1933
- City of Brownwood v. Brown Telegraph & Telephone Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1913
- City of Arlington v. LillardTexas Supreme Court · 1927
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3Cited by18 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. General Telephone Co. of the SoutheastSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972
- Railroad Commission of Texas v. Arco Oil & Gas Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1994
- At & T Communications of the Southwest, Inc. v. City of DallasDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1998
- General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. Cities LittlefieldCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1973
- General Telephone Co. of the Southwest v. City of PerrytonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977
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