State Supreme Court / N.C.

State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. Edmisten

Decided January 31, 1977. I Beverly Lake Sr. wrote the opinion for the court.

232 S.E.2d 184 · Cited 136 times

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Precedents cited

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.

Bluefield Water Works & Improvement Co. v. Public Service Commission · 262 U.S. 679
Board of Public Utility Commissioners v. New York Telephone Co. · 271 U.S. 23
State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. General Telephone Co. of the Southeast · 189 S.E.2d 705
State ex rel. Utilities Commission v. Lumbee River Electric Membership Corp. · 275 N.C. 250
State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. Morgan · 177 S.E.2d 405
Peele v. Finch · 200 S.E.2d 635
Domestic Electric Service, Inc. v. City of Rocky Mount · 203 S.E.2d 838
Colonial Pipeline Company v. Clayton · 166 S.E.2d 671
Williamson v. City of High Point · 195 S.E. 90
State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission & Public Service Co. v. City of Durham · 193 S.E.2d 95
State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. Morgan · 179 S.E.2d 419
Bramham v. City of Durham · 88 S.E. 347
State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. Edmisten · 230 S.E.2d 651
Mississippi Public Service Commission v. Home Telephone Co. · 110 So. 2d 618
State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. National Merchandising Corp. · 220 S.E.2d 304
State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. Thurston Motor Lines, Inc. · 81 S.E.2d 404
In Re Estate of Poindexter · 20 S.E.2d 49
Valentine v. . Gill, Comr. of Revenue · 27 S.E.2d 2
New Jersey Power & Light Co. v. State of New Jersey Department of Public Utilities · 15 N.J. 82
Young v. . Davis · 108 S.E. 630
State ex rel. Utilities Commission v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · 268 N.C. 242
Wisconsin Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission · 287 N.W. 593
State ex rel. Utilities Commission v. Edmisten · 291 N.C. 477
State ex rel. Utilities Commission v. Edmisten · 291 N.C. 478

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State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. Nantahala Power & Light Co. · 332 S.E.2d 397
State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. CF Industries, Inc. · 263 S.E.2d 559
State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. Nantahala Power & Light Co. · 388 S.E.2d 118
Hughey v. Cloninger · 253 S.E.2d 898
State ex rel. Utilities Commission v. Thornburg · 84 N.C. App. 482
State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. North Carolina Natural Gas Corp. · 375 S.E.2d 147
STATE EX REL. UTILITIES COM'N v. Thornburg · 353 S.E.2d 413
State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. North Carolina Textile Manufacturers Ass'n · 296 S.E.2d 487
State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. Conservation Council · 320 S.E.2d 679
In re Expungement for Spencer · 140 N.C. App. 776
State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. Empire Power Co. · 435 S.E.2d 553
State ex rel. Utilities Commission v. Conservation Council · 64 N.C. App. 266
State ex rel. Utilities Commission v. Nantahala Power & Light Co. · 92 N.C. App. 545
State v. Johnson · 259 S.E.2d 752
Burgess v. Your House of Raleigh, Inc. · 388 S.E.2d 134
Williams v. Williams · 261 S.E.2d 849
Lemons v. Old Hickory Council, Boy Scouts of America, Inc. · 367 S.E.2d 655
Bailey v. State · 500 S.E.2d 54
State Ex Rel. Utility Consumers Council of Missouri, Inc. v. Public Service Commission · 585 S.W.2d 41
Fowler v. Valencourt · 435 S.E.2d 530
State ex rel. Commissioner of Insurance v. North Carolina Automobile Rate Administrative Office · 294 N.C. 60
Thigpen v. Ngo · 558 S.E.2d 162
State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. Public Staff-North Carolina Utilities Commission · 529 PA 82
State v. Bates · 497 S.E.2d 276
Poole v. Miller · 464 S.E.2d 409

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