City & County of Denver v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.

Decided July 7, 1919. Haslett P. Burke wrote the opinion for the court.

67 Colo. 225 · Cited 52 times

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• Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. v. Railroad Commission · 238 U.S. 174
• Cooper Manufacturing Co. v. Ferguson · 113 U.S. 727
• Home Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of Los Angeles · 211 U.S. 265
• City & County of Denver v. Hallett · 34 Colo. 393
• Denver & South Platte Railway Co. v. City of Englewood · 62 Colo. 229
• Interstate Commerce Commission v. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co. · 167 U.S. 479
• People ex rel. Moore v. Perkins · 56 Colo. 17
• Coleman v. La Grande · 73 Or. 521
• Hilts v. Markey · 52 Colo. 382
• Providence Bank v. Billings · 29 U.S. 514
• Londoner v. City & County of Denver · 52 Colo. 15
• People v. . Horn Silver Mining Co. · 11 N.E. 155
• People ex rel. Bentley v. Le Fevre · 21 Colo. 218
• City Council of Denver v. Board of County Commissioners · 33 Colo. 1
• Speer v. People · 52 Colo. 325
• Wolverton v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 58 Colo. 58

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• People Ex Rel. Public Utilities Commission v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 243 P.2d 397
• Colorado Common Cause v. Bledsoe · 810 P.2d 201
• People v. Quimby · 381 P.2d 275
• City and County of Denver v. Sweet · 329 P.2d 441
• Town of Holyoke v. Smith · 75 Colo. 286
• Four-County Metropolitan Capital Improvement District v. Board of County Commissioners · 369 P.2d 67
• Martin v. Montezuma-Cortez School District Re-1 · 841 P.2d 237
• Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad v. City & County of Denver · 673 P.2d 354
• Denver v. Henry · 38 P.2d 895
• McNichols v. City of Denver · 74 P.2d 99
• McKay v. Public Utilities Commission · 91 P.2d 965
• City of Denver v. Bossie · 266 P. 214
• Fishel v. City & County of Denver · 108 P.2d 236
• City & County of Denver v. Public Utilities Commission · 507 P.2d 871
• City & County of Denver v. Henry · 95 Colo. 582
• Berman v. City & County of Denver · 209 P.2d 754
• Clark v. Town of Estes Park · 686 P.2d 777
• Armstrong v. Johnson Storage & Moving Co. · 268 P. 978
• City of Fort Collins v. Public Utilities Commission · 69 Colo. 554
• Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 68 Colo. 92
• Public Utilities Commission v. City of Durango · 469 P.2d 131
• City of Pueblo v. Weed · 570 P.2d 15
• Spears v. Public Utilities Commission · 67 P.2d 1029
• Hoper v. City and County of Denver · 479 P.2d 967
• City of Pueblo v. Public Utilities Commission · 68 Colo. 155

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