Railroad Commission v. Houston Natural Gas Corp.

Decided March 21, 1956. Will Wilson wrote the opinion for the court.

155 Tex. 502 · Cited 78 times

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• Stanislaus County v. San Joaquin & King's River Canal & Irrigation Co. · 192 U.S. 201
• Smyth v. Ames · 169 U.S. 466
• City of Knoxville v. Knoxville Water Co. · 212 U.S. 1
• Willcox v. Consolidated Gas Co. · 212 U.S. 19
• Cotting v. Kansas City Stock Yards Co. · 183 U.S. 79
• San Diego Land & Town Co. v. National City · 174 U.S. 739
• Galveston Electric Co. v. City of Galveston · 258 U.S. 388
• San Diego Land & Town Co. v. Jasper · 189 U.S. 439
• Dow v. Beidelman · 125 U.S. 680
• Lone Star Gas Co. v. Texas · 304 U.S. 224
• Railroad Commission v. Galveston Chamber of Commerce · 145 S.W. 573
• Lincoln Gas & Electric Light Co. v. City of Lincoln · 223 U.S. 349
• Honolulu Rapid Transit & Land Co. v. Territory of Hawaii Ex Rel. Hemenway · 211 U.S. 282
• Minneapolis Eastern Railway Co. v. Minnesota · 134 U.S. 467
• The Minnesota Rate Cases · 230 U.S. 352
• Prentis v. Atlantic Coast Line Co. · 211 U.S. 210
• Railroad Commission v. Weld & Neville · 73 S.W. 529
• Utah Power & Light Co. v. Public Service Commission · 152 P.2d 542
• City of Louisville v. Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 225 U.S. 430
• McCandless v. Pratt · 211 U.S. 437

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• Railroad Com'n of Texas v. Lone Star Gas Co. · 656 S.W.2d 421
• State Ex Rel. Missouri Water Co. v. Public Service Commission · 308 S.W.2d 704
• Railroad Commission v. Woods Exploration & Producing Co. · 405 S.W.2d 313
• State Farm Lloyds v. Rathgeber · 453 S.W.3d 87
• State v. Public Utility Com'n of Texas · 883 S.W.2d 190
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• City of Corpus Christi v. Public Utility Commission of Texas · 51 S.W.3d 231
• Texas Ass'n of Long Distance Telephone Companies v. Public Utility Commission of Texas · 798 S.W.2d 875
• Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. State Corp. Commission · 386 P.2d 515
• Davenport Water Co. v. Iowa State Commerce Commission · 190 N.W.2d 583
• Williams v. Houston Firemen's Relief & Retirement Fund · 121 S.W.3d 415
• Texas Alarm & Signal Ass'n v. Public Utility Commission · 603 S.W.2d 766
• Halbouty v. Railroad Commission · 357 S.W.2d 364
• Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Co. v. City of Fort Dodge · 85 N.W.2d 28
• Bayou Pipeline Corp. v. Railroad Commission · 568 S.W.2d 122
• Public Utility Commission v. Allcomm Long Distance, Inc. · 902 S.W.2d 662
• State Ex Rel. Dyer v. Public Service Commission · 341 S.W.2d 795
• State Ex Rel. North Carolina Utilities Commission v. Piedmont Natural Gas Co. · 119 S.E.2d 469
• WBD Oil & Gas Co. v. Railroad Commission of Texas · 35 S.W.3d 34

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