State Supreme Court / Tex.

City of Corpus Christi v. Public Utility Commission of Texas

Decided May 17, 1978. Sam Johnson wrote the opinion for the court.

572 S.W.2d 290 · Cited 87 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Wabash Valley Electric Co. v. Young · 287 U.S. 488
Railroad Commission v. Shell Oil Co. · 146 Tex. 286
Railroad Commission v. Houston Natural Gas Corp. · 155 Tex. 502
Speed v. Keys · 109 S.W.2d 967
Webb v. Jorns · 488 S.W.2d 407
General Telephone Co. v. City of Wellington · 156 Tex. 238
General Telephone Company v. City of Wellington · 294 S.W.2d 385
Harry Eldridge Co. v. T. S. Lankford & Sons, Inc. · 371 S.W.2d 878

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Normand v. Fox · 940 S.W.2d 401
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Edgewood Independent School District v. Meno · 893 S.W.2d 450
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Southwestern Electric Power Company v. Public Utility Commission of Texas · 419 S.W.3d 414
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Neeley v. West Orange-Cove Consolidated Independent School District · 228 S.W.3d 864

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