Reliant Energy, Inc. v. Public Utility Commission
Decided December 16, 2004. David Puryear wrote the opinion for the court.
153 S.W.3d 174 · Cited 71 times
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- Central Power & Light Co./Cities of Alice v. Public Utility Commission · 36 S.W.3d 547
- Bowman Transportation, Inc. v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc. · 419 U.S. 281
- Public Utility Commission v. GTE-Southwest, Inc. · 901 S.W.2d 401
- Public Utility Commission v. Gulf States Utilities Co. · 809 S.W.2d 201
- Southwestern Public Service Co. v. Public Utility Commission of Texas · 962 S.W.2d 207
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States · 284 U.S. 248
- Meier Infiniti Co. v. Motor Vehicle Board · 918 S.W.2d 95
- Cities for Fair Utility Rates v. Public Utility Commission · 924 S.W.2d 933
- City of El Paso v. Public Utility Commission · 883 S.W.2d 179
- Lone Star Gas Co. v. State · 137 Tex. 279
- City of El Paso v. Public Utility Commission of Texas · 839 S.W.2d 895
- City of Port Arthur v. Railroad Commission · 886 S.W.2d 266
- State v. Public Utility Com'n of Texas · 883 S.W.2d 190
- Gerst v. Nixon · 411 S.W.2d 350
- Lewis v. Metropolitan Savings & Loan Ass'n · 550 S.W.2d 11
- Dodd v. Meno · 870 S.W.2d 4
- Lauderdale v. Texas Department of Agriculture · 923 S.W.2d 834
- City of Corpus Christi v. Public Utility Commission of Texas · 572 S.W.2d 290
- Reliant Energy, Inc. v. Public Utility Commission of Texas · 62 S.W.3d 833
- Cities of Abilene v. Public Utility Commission · 854 S.W.2d 932
- Power Resource Group, Inc. v. Public Utility Commission · 73 S.W.3d 354
- American Electric Power Co. v. Public Utility Commission · 123 S.W.3d 33
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- Cities of Corpus Christi v. Public Utility Commission · 188 S.W.3d 681
- Nucor Steel v. PUBLIC UTILITY COM'N OF TEX. · 168 S.W.3d 260
- State of Texas' Agencies & Institutions of Higher Learning v. Public Utility Commission · 450 S.W.3d 615
- Southwestern Electric Power Company v. Public Utility Commission of Texas · 419 S.W.3d 414
- Centerpoint Energy Entex v. Railroad Commission of Texas · 213 S.W.3d 364
- Texas Property & Casualty Guaranty Ass'n v. National American Insurance Co. · 208 S.W.3d 523
- AEP Texas Commercial & Industrial Retail Ltd. Partnership v. Public Utility Commission · 436 S.W.3d 890
- Dunn v. PUBLIC UTILITY COM'N OF TEXAS · 246 S.W.3d 788
- ASAP Paging Inc. v. Public Utility Commission of Texas · 213 S.W.3d 380
- AEP Texas Central Co. v. Public Utility Commission · 286 S.W.3d 450
- Westlake Ethylene Pipeline Corporation v. Railroad Commission of Texas and Eastman Chemical Company · 506 S.W.3d 676
- State Agencies & Institutions of Higher Education v. Railroad Commission · 421 S.W.3d 690
- Entergy Texas, Inc.// Office of Public Utility Counsel and Public Utility Commission of Texas v. Public Utility Commission of Texas and Texas Industrial Energy Consumers// Office of Public Utility Counsel and Entergy Texas, Inc. · 490 S.W.3d 224
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