Legal Opinion
City of Athens v. Gulf States Telephone Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided May 7, 1964No. 30PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELLERS, Justice.
This is a telephone company rate case brought by the Gulf States Telephone Company against the City of Athens, Texas, its Mayor and Members of its City Council in the District Court of the Third Judicial District of Henderson County. The Telephone Company seeks to permanently enjoin the City of Athens from enforcing a schedule of local rates adopted by the City Council in Ordinances dated September 8, 1961, and July 30, 1962.
The trial court found that the rates prescribed by the ordinances did not permit the company to earn a fair rate of return on the fair value of the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Home Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of Los AngelesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Daniel v. Tyrrell & Garth Investment Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1936
- City of Baytown v. General Tel. Co. of the SouthwestCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953
- City of Weslaco v. General Telephone Co. of the SouthwestCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1961
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