Legal Opinion
City of Houston v. Southwestern Bell Tel. Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 9, 1953No. 12685PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMBLEN, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal by the City of Houston and the Mayor and members of the City Council of the City of Houston from an order of the District Court of Harris County granting appellee Southwestern Bell Telephone Company a temporary injunction enjoining the appellants, pending final hearing for permanent injunction, from enforcing a schedule of local exchange telephone rates fixed by the City Council of Houston by ordinance dated December 1, 1949. The appellee as applicant before the trial court for the injunctive relief, based its right thereto upon the proposition that…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Munn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- State ex rel. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission of MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Prendergast v. New York Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Lone Star Gas Co. v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1941
- United Gas Public Service Co. v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by43 opinions
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- Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utility CommissionTexas Supreme Court · 1978
- Schenker v. City of San AntonioCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1963
- Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utility CommissionTexas Supreme Court · 1981
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