State Supreme Court / N.Y.

People Ex Rel. New York Electric Lines Co. v. Squire

Decided January 17, 1888. William C. Ruger wrote the opinion for the court.

14 N.E. 820 · Cited 99 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.

Matter of N.Y. Elevated R.R. Co. · 70 N.Y. 327
In the Matter of the Application of Church · 92 N.Y. 1

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People Ex Rel. New York Electric Lines Co. v. Ellison · 81 N.E. 447
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Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 557
New York Electric Lines Co. v. Empire City Subway Co. · 235 U.S. 179
Darweger v. Staats · 196 N.E. 61
Farrington v. Pinckney · 1 N.Y.2d 74
People Ex Rel. New York Electric Lines Co. v. Squire · 145 U.S. 175
American Rapid Telegraph Co. v. Hess · 125 N.Y. 641
Consolidated Edison Co. v. Public Service Commission of New York · 47 N.Y.2d 94
Burke v. Kern · 38 N.E.2d 500
Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp. · 58 N.Y.2d 143
Holmes Electric Protective Co. v. . Williams · 127 N.E. 315
Bronx Gas & Electric Co. v. Maltbie · 197 N.E. 281
Pennsylvania RR Co. v. State of NY · 11 N.Y.2d 504
Rochester & Lake Ontario Water Co. v. City of Rochester · 68 N.E. 117
Metropolitan Package Store Ass'n v. Koch · 89 A.D.2d 317
People Ex Rel. West Side Electric Co. v. Consolidated Telegraph & Electrical Subway Co. · 79 N.E. 892
Town of Islip v. Cuomo · 147 A.D.2d 56
Consolidated Gas Utilities Corporation v. Thompson · 14 F. Supp. 318
Matter of Becker v. Eisner · 13 N.E.2d 747
United Lines Telegraph Co. v. Grant · 32 N.E. 1005
Medical Society v. State · 83 N.Y.2d 447
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. v. Moore · 277 A.D.2d 245

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