Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. New Mexico State Corp. Commission

Decided April 20, 1977. Mack Easley wrote the opinion for the court.

563 P.2d 588 · Cited 60 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.

• State Corporation Com'n v. Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co. · 270 P.2d 685
• Dayton Power & Light Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 292 U.S. 290
• Connally v. General Construction Co. · 269 U.S. 385
• Smith v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co. · 282 U.S. 133
• Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 401 P.2d 353
• United States v. New York Central Railroad · 279 U.S. 73
• Michigan Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission · 24 N.W.2d 200
• General Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission · 67 N.W.2d 882
• Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Co. v. City of Fort Dodge · 85 N.W.2d 28
• Coplay Cement Manufacturing Co. v. Public Service Commission · 271 Pa. 58
• State v. Mountain States Tel. & Tel. Co. · 224 P.2d 155
• State v. Lujan · 560 P.2d 167
• Application of Sedillo · 347 P.2d 162
• San Juan Coal & Coke Co. v. Santa Fe, S. J. & N. Ry. Co. · 2 P.2d 305
• Southern Pacific Co. v. Railroad Commission · 231 P. 28
• Wimberly v. New Mexico State Police Board · 497 P.2d 968
• Bennett v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 215 P.2d 714
• Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Bevis · 279 So. 2d 285
• Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. Commerce Commission ex rel. City of Edwardsville · 304 Ill. 357
• Westinghouse Electric Corporation v. United States · 388 F. Supp. 1309
• State Ex Rel. Public Service Commission v. Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. · 89 N.W.2d 94

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• U S West Communications, Inc. v. New Mexico State Corp. Commission · 127 N.M. 254
• Attorney General v. New Mexico State Corp. Commission · 121 N.M. 156
• Matter of Rates and Charges of US West · 909 P.2d 716
• US West Communications, Inc. v. New Mexico State Corp. Commission · 865 P.2d 1192
• U S West Communications, Inc. v. New Mexico State Corp. · 965 P.2d 917
• New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 446 A.2d 1376
• Las Cruces TV Cable v. New Mexico Corp. Commission · 102 N.M. 720
• General Telephone Co. of the Southwest v. Corporation Commission · 652 P.2d 1200
• Glacier State Telephone Co. v. Alaska Public Utilities Commission · 724 P.2d 1187
• National Council on Compensation Insurance v. New Mexico State Corp. Commission · 756 P.2d 558
• Hobbs Gas Co. v. New Mexico Public Service Commission · 616 P.2d 1116
• Qwest Corp. v. New Mexico Public Regulation Commission · 140 N.M. 440
• Public Service Co. v. New Mexico Public Service Commission · 594 P.2d 1177
• In Re New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 382 A.2d 826
• Coachlight Las Cruces, Ltd. v. Mountain Bell Telephone Co. · 664 P.2d 994
• Matter of Mountain Bell · 787 P.2d 423
• Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. New Mexico State Corp. Commission · 109 N.M. 504
• City of Plainfield v. Public Service Electric and Gas Company · 412 A.2d 759
• Application of Hawaii Elec. Light Co., Inc. · 594 P.2d 612
• New Mexico Industrial Energy Consumers v. New Mexico Public Service Commission · 808 P.2d 592
• Behles v. New Mexico Public Service Commission · 836 P.2d 73
• Security Trust v. Smith · 596 P.2d 248
• AA Oilfield Service, Inc. v. New Mexico State Corp. Commission · 881 P.2d 18

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