Federal Mining & Smelting Co. v. Public Utilities Commission
Idaho Supreme Court
Original proceeding in this court for a writ of review to determine the validity of an order of the Public Utilities Commission refusing to require the Washington Water Power Company to permit the plaintiff to examine all of its.records, files and papers.
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Original proceeding in this court for a writ of review to determine the validity of an order of the Public Utilities Commission refusing to require the Washington Water Power Company to permit the plaintiff to examine all of its.records, files and papers. The opinion of the commission, as to privacy of the power company’s books and as to a fishing examination, is based on rules that would be applicable in a suit between private individuals or private corporations and which were established before Munn v. Illinois (1877), 94 U. S. 113, 24 L. ed. 77, in which it was first established that any…
1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, C. J.
The Federal Mining and Smelting Company filed its formal complaint with the Public Utilities Commission of this state on the 5th of September, 1913, under the provisions of the public utilities act, approved March 13, 1913 (Sess. Laws 1913, p. 247). The purpose of said proceeding was to litigate the reasonableness of rates for power furnished to the plaintiff by the Washington Water Power Company.
The complaint was answered by the water power company and thereafter the complainant made a motion for the production and inspection of all books and records, or certified copies thereof, of the…
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hale v. HenkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Wilson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. BairdSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Powers v. ElmendorfNew York Supreme Court · 1849
- Hart v. Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1893
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Boise Water Corp. v. Idaho Public Utilities CommissionIdaho Supreme Court · 1976
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- State ex rel. City of Minneapolis v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1923
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