Legal Opinion
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Invenchek, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided January 25, 1974No. 48831PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Deen, Judge.
1. Boards and commissions may be either legislative or constitutional, and, where their powers are set out in the Constitution, unless the act complained of violates some constitutional principle, the courts should not and cannot interfere. Bedingfield v. Parkerson, 212 Ga. 654 (1) (94 SE2d 714). "An attempt by the legislature without express constitutional authority to delegate the power to make law is a violation of Article III, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution.” (Emphasis supplied.) Flynn v. State, 88 Ga. App. 52, 56 (76 SE2d 38).
The Public Service Commission is…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Esteve Bros. & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- So. Bell T. T. Co. v. Georgia Pub. Ser. Comm.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1948
- Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Georgia Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
- Cole v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.California Court of Appeal · 1952
- Bedingfield v. ParkersonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1956
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Behrend v. Bell Telephone Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. New York City Human Resources AdministrationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1993
- Singer Co., Link Simulation Systems Division v. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.Court of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1989
- Georgia Power Co. v. Georgia Public Service CommissionCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
- Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. C & S REALTY CO.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
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