Legal Opinion
Burke v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 31, 1952No. Gen. 45,796PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Lewe
delivered the opinion of the court.
Plaintiffs, telephone subscribers of defendant, filed a representative suit alleging in substance that defendant, a public utility, is subject to the provisions of the Illinois Commerce Commission Act; that on January 3, 1923, the Commerce Commission, in accordance with the powers vested in it, issued its General Order 107, which provides in Bule X that telephone directories of exchanges serving more than one-thousand subscribers shall be revised, printed and distributed to subscribers semiannually and that telephone directories of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Scott v. DonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Peoples Store of Roseland v. McKibbinIllinois Supreme Court · 1942
- Newberry Library v. Board of EducationIllinois Supreme Court · 1944
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Gowdey v. Commonwealth Edison Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1976
- Dvorkin v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1975
- Village of Evergreen Park v. Commonwealth Edison Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1998
- Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1962
- Malloy v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1973
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