State Supreme Court / Kan.

Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. State Corp. Commission

Decided November 2, 1963. Clair E. Robb wrote the opinion for the court.

386 P.2d 515 · Cited 81 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.

Smyth v. Ames · 169 U.S. 466
Bluefield Water Works & Improvement Co. v. Public Service Commission · 262 U.S. 679
City of Ft. Smith v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. · 247 S.W.2d 474
Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Mississippi Public Service Commission · 113 So. 2d 622
Tobacco River Power Co. v. Public Service Commission · 98 P.2d 886
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad v. State Corp. Commission · 282 P.2d 405
Willcox v. Consolidated Gas Co. · 212 U.S. 19
San Diego Land & Town Co. v. Jasper · 189 U.S. 439
Colorado-Wyoming Gas Co. v. Federal Power Commission · 324 U.S. 626
In Re New England Tel. & Tel. Co. · 66 A.2d 135
State ex rel. Utilities Commission v. State · 239 N.C. 333
United Gas Corp. v. Mississippi Public Service Commission · 127 So. 2d 404
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Louisiana Public Service Commission · 118 So. 2d 372
Utah Power & Light Co. v. Public Service Commission · 152 P.2d 542
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. State · 64 A.2d 9
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Department of Public Utilities · 121 N.E.2d 896
New York Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission · 309 N.Y. 569
Birmingham Electric Co. v. Alabama Public Service Commission · 47 So. 2d 455
City of Hagerstown v. Public Service Commission · 141 A.2d 699
Thompson v. Illinois Commerce Commission · 115 N.E.2d 622
Northern States Power Co. v. Board of Railroad Commissioners · 298 N.W. 423
State Ex Rel. Olsen v. Public Service Commission · 309 P.2d 1035
Municipal Airport Condemnation v. Wagoner · 163 Kan. 735
Central Kansas Power Co. v. State Corporation Comm. · 316 P.2d 277
Northern States Power Co. v. Public Service Commission · 13 N.W.2d 779

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Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board v. State Corp. Commission · 47 Kan. App. 2d 1112
Mechanic Falls Water Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 381 A.2d 1080
Cities Service Gas Co. v. State Corporation Commission · 440 P.2d 660
Arkansas Public Service Commission v. Continental Telephone Co. · 561 S.W.2d 645
Oilfield Fluid Motor Carriers v. KANSAS CORP. COMM'N · 677 P.2d 982
Central Kansas Power Co. v. State Corporation Comm. · 561 P.2d 779
In Re Application of Southwestern Bell Tel. Co. · 685 P.2d 304
Kansas City Power & Light Co. v. State Corp. Commission · 52 Kan. App. 2d 514
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. State Corp. Commission · 226 Kan. 234
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 390 A.2d 8
Public Service Commission v. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. · 329 A.2d 691
Rhode Island Consumers' Council v. Smith · 302 A.2d 757
Northern Natural Gas Co. v. Dwyer · 492 P.2d 147
Narragansett Electric Co. v. Harsch · 368 A.2d 1194
Stephens v. Unified School District No. 500 · 546 P.2d 197
Kansas Public Service Co. v. State Corporation Comm. · 433 P.2d 572
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 576 P.2d 544
Central Maine Power Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 382 A.2d 302
Ben J. v. City of Salina · 208 P.3d 739
Gulf Power Company v. Bevis · 289 So. 2d 401
Graves Truck Line, Inc. v. State Corporation Comm. · 527 P.2d 1065
Farmland Industries, Inc. v. Kansas Corporation Comm'n · 943 P.2d 470
State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. Intervenor Residents of Bent Creek/Mt. Carmel Subdivisions · 286 S.E.2d 770

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