Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Georgia Public Service Commission

Decided July 15, 1948. W Henry Duckworth wrote the opinion for the court.

203 Ga. 832 · Cited 51 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.

• Thomas v. Ragsdale · 188 Ga. 238
• Ex Parte Ross · 28 S.E.2d 925
• Willcox v. Consolidated Gas Co. · 212 U.S. 19
• City of Knoxville v. Knoxville Water Co. · 212 U.S. 1
• Market Street Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission of California · 324 U.S. 548
• Newton v. Consolidated Gas Co. of NY · 258 U.S. 165
• Banton v. Belt Line Railway Corp. · 268 U.S. 413
• Interstate Commerce Commission v. United States Ex Rel. Campbell · 289 U.S. 385
• Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Kuykendall · 265 U.S. 196
• Darnell v. Edwards · 244 U.S. 564
• State Ex Rel. Pac. T. T. Co. v. D.P.S. · 142 P.2d 498
• Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad v. Wisconsin · 238 U.S. 491
• State ex rel. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Department of Public Service · 19 Wash. 2d 200
• Pub. Ser. Com. v. Ind'p'ls Railways · 72 N.E.2d 434
• Public Service Commission v. Indianapolis Railways, Inc. · 76 N.E.2d 841
• Brush Electric Co. v. City of Galveston · 262 U.S. 443

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Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• Alabama Public Service Commission v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 42 So. 2d 655
• Georgia Power Co. v. Allied Chemical Corp. · 212 S.E.2d 628
• Georgia Power Co. v. Georgia Public Service Commission · 85 S.E.2d 14
• Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 401 P.2d 353
• Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 46 Ohio St. 2d 105
• Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission · 201 Md. 170
• Georgia Power Co. v. Georgia Public Service Commission · 396 S.E.2d 562
• Georgia Public Service Commission v. Atlanta Gas Light Co. · 55 S.E.2d 618
• New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Department of Public Utilities · 121 N.E.2d 896
• Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Invenchek, Inc. · 204 S.E.2d 457
• Good v. Good · 52 S.E.2d 610
• Georgia Public Service Commission v. Southern Bell · 327 S.E.2d 726
• Georgia Power Co. v. Georgia Public Service Commission · 201 S.E.2d 423
• City of Columbus v. Public Utilities Commission · 93 N.E.2d 693
• Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Flagg · 220 P.2d 522
• Southwestern Public Service Co. v. State · 637 P.2d 92
• State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 262 S.E.2d 895
• Allied Chemical Corp. v. Georgia Power Co. · 224 S.E.2d 396
• Georgia Public Service Commission v. Alltel Georgia Communications Corp. · 489 S.E.2d 350
• Joy v. Winstead · 215 P.2d 291
• Persons v. Mashburn · 86 S.E.2d 319
• Georgia Public Service Commission v. General Telephone Co. · 227 Ga. 727
• Wilson v. Sanders · 151 S.E.2d 703
• Carr v. Southern Co. · 731 F. Supp. 1067
• Burney v. Butler · 255 S.E.2d 686

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