State Supreme Court / Mich.

Michigan Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission

Decided September 11, 1946. Walter H. North wrote the opinion for the court.

24 N.W.2d 200 · Cited 68 times

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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.

Arizona Grocery Co. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. · 284 U.S. 370
Great Northern Railway Co. v. Sunburst Oil & Refining Co. · 287 U.S. 358
Dayton-Goose Creek Railway Co. v. United States, Interstate Commerce Commission · 263 U.S. 456
Claridge Apartments Co. v. Commissioner · 323 U.S. 141
Wisconsin Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission · 287 N.W. 593
Purcell v. New York Central R.R. Co. · 197 N.E. 182
Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. v. Oklahoma · 258 U.S. 234
Farmers Union Livestock Commission v. Union Pacific Railroad · 135 Neb. 689
In Re Ever Krisp Food Products Co. · 11 N.W.2d 852
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Service Commission · 155 P.2d 184
Detroit Trust Co. v. City of Detroit · 256 N.W. 811
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. v. People · 77 Ill. 443
Cheltenham & Abington Sewerage Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission · 25 A.2d 334
State Ex Rel. Model Water & Light Co. v. Department of Public Service · 90 P.2d 243
Commonwealth v. Old Dominion Power Co. · 184 Va. 6

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Detroit Edison Co. v. Public Service Commission · 331 N.W.2d 159
South Cent. Bell v. PUBLIC SERVICE COM'N · 594 So. 2d 357
Entergy Gulf States v. LPSC · 730 So. 2d 890
Opelousas Trust Authority v. Cleco Corp. · 105 So. 3d 26
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 401 P.2d 353
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. New Mexico State Corp. Commission · 563 P.2d 588
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 358 A.2d 1
Georgia Public Service Commission v. Atlanta Gas Light Co. · 55 S.E.2d 618
Trahey v. City of Inkster · 311 Mich. App. 582
Detroit Edison Co. v. Public Service Commission · 562 N.W.2d 224
Far North Sanitation, Inc. v. Alaska Public Utilities Commission · 825 P.2d 867
Building Owners & Managers Ass'n of Metropolitan Detroit v. Public Service Commission · 383 N.W.2d 72
In re Consumers Energy Co. · 291 Mich. App. 106
Attorney General v. Michigan Public Service Commission · 642 N.W.2d 691
United Tel. Co. of Fla. v. Mann · 403 So. 2d 962
Building Owners & Managers Ass'n v. Public Service Commission · 346 N.W.2d 581
Hercules Powder Co. v. State Board of Equalization · 208 P.2d 1096
Consumers Power Co. v. Public Service Commission · 327 N.W.2d 875
In re Detroit Edison Co. · 296 Mich. App. 101
Michigan Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission · 270 N.W.2d 546
Public Service Commission v. Diamond State Telephone Co. · 468 A.2d 1285
Great Lakes Steel Division of National Steel Corp. v. Public Service Commission · 290 N.W.2d 54
Ass'n of Businesses Advocating Tariff Equity v. Public Service Commission · 430 Mich. 33
Consumers Power Co. v. Public Service Commission · 237 N.W.2d 189
Abate v. Psc · 420 N.W.2d 81

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