Legal Opinion
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of Meridian
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided September 5, 1957No. Civ. A. 812PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MIZE, District Judge.
This is an action for declaratory judgment brought by the Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company against the City of Meridian, Mississippi. The principle question for solution is whether or not an irrevocable franchise was granted to the predecessors of Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company by an act of the legislature of the State of Mississippi in 1886, and whether or not the telephone company accepted that grant so as to constitute a contract protected by the Federal Constitution, art. 1, § 10.
The question stems and arises by virtue of the passage of an act…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- City of Owensboro v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Russell v. SebastianSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- City of Louisville v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Los Angeles v. Los Angeles City Water Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Grand Trunk Western Railway Co. v. City of South BendSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by11 opinions
- City of Meridian v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Sovereign News Co. v. FalkeDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1977
- Robert T. Guiney, Etc. v. Francis M. Roache, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- Kenneth B. Stephens, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. George P. Tielsch, Chief of Police of the City of SeattleCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of MeridianMississippi Supreme Court · 1961
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