Legal Opinion

Application of Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.

South Dakota Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1959No. File 9764PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, J.

This appeal involves the application of the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company, hereafter referred to as the Company, to increase intrastate telephone rates and charges. The application together with proposed rate schedules designed to increase the annual net revenues of the Company by approximately $500,000 was filed on February 14, 1958, with the Public Utilities Commission of South Dakota, hereafter referred to as the Commission, October 18, 1957, the Commission bad denied a prior application for a general increase in rates, but authorized a rate group reclassification which as found by…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Smyth v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  3. Federal Power Commission v. Natural Gas Pipeline Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
  4. Bluefield Water Works & Improvement Co. v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  5. Smyth v. Ames; Smyth v. Smith; Smyth v. HigginsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1898

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Democratic Central Committee of the District of Columbia v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission, D. C. Transit System, Inc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
  2. Davenport Water Co. v. Iowa State Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1971
  3. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1976
  4. South Dakota Public Utilities Commission v. Otter Tail Power Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1980
  5. Application of Northern States Power Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1983

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