State v. Public Utility Com'n of Texas

Decided October 6, 1994. Rose Spector wrote the opinion for the court.

883 S.W.2d 190 · Cited 309 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.

• American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. United States · 299 U.S. 232
• Railroad Com'n of Texas v. Lone Star Gas Co. · 656 S.W.2d 421
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. United States · 287 U.S. 134
• Office of Consumers' Counsel v. Public Utilities Commission · 18 Ohio St. 3d 264
• Texas Health Facilities Commission v. Charter Medical-Dallas, Inc. · 665 S.W.2d 446
• Bluefield Water Works & Improvement Co. v. Public Service Commission · 262 U.S. 679
• RAILROAD COM'N v. Pend Oreille Oil & Gas Co., Inc. · 817 S.W.2d 36
• Texas-New Mexico Power Co. v. Texas Industrial Energy Consumers · 806 S.W.2d 230
• Womack v. Womack · 141 Tex. 299
• State v. PUBLIC UTILITY COM'N OF TEXAS · 840 S.W.2d 650
• Tarrant Appraisal District v. Moore · 845 S.W.2d 820
• Public Utility Commission v. Gulf States Utilities Co. · 809 S.W.2d 201
• Suburban Utility Corp. v. Public Utility Commission · 652 S.W.2d 358
• Citizens Bank of Bryan v. First State Bank · 580 S.W.2d 344
• Hopkins v. Spring Independent School Dist. · 736 S.W.2d 617
• State v. Jackson · 376 S.W.2d 341
• Dodd v. Meno · 870 S.W.2d 4
• Coalition of Cities for Affordable Utility Rates v. Public Utility Commission of Texas · 798 S.W.2d 560
• Imperial American Resources Fund, Inc. v. Railroad Commission of Texas · 557 S.W.2d 280
• City of San Antonio v. Texas Water Commission · 407 S.W.2d 752
• Railroad Commission v. Houston Natural Gas Corp. · 155 Tex. 502
• City of El Paso v. Public Utility Commission of Texas · 839 S.W.2d 895
• Ross v. Texas Catastrophe Property Insurance Ass'n · 770 S.W.2d 641

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• City of El Paso v. Public Utility Commission · 883 S.W.2d 179
• Cities for Fair Utility Rates v. Public Utility Commission · 884 S.W.2d 540
• Office of Public Utility Counsel v. Public Utility Commission · 888 S.W.2d 804
• City of Corpus Christi v. Public Utility Commission of Texas · 51 S.W.3d 231
• Buddy Gregg Motor Homes, Inc. v. Motor Vehicle Board of the Texas Department of Transportation · 156 S.W.3d 91
• TXU Generation Co. v. Public Utility Commission · 165 S.W.3d 821
• State of Texas' Agencies & Institutions of Higher Learning v. Public Utility Commission · 450 S.W.3d 615
• Reliant Energy, Inc. v. Public Utility Commission of Texas · 62 S.W.3d 833
• El Paso Electric Co. v. Public Utility Commission · 917 S.W.2d 846
• Office of Public Utility Counsel v. Texas-New Mexico Power Co. · 344 S.W.3d 446
• Public Utility Commission v. City Public Service Board of San Antonio · 53 S.W.3d 310
• Public Utility Commission v. GTE-Southwest, Inc. · 901 S.W.2d 401
• Central Power & Light Co./Cities of Alice v. Public Utility Commission · 36 S.W.3d 547
• Centerpoint Energy Entex v. Railroad Commission · 208 S.W.3d 608
• Amaral-Whittenberg v. Alanis · 123 S.W.3d 714
• R.E. Janes Gravel Company v. the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality , It's Executive Director, Richard A. Hyde, It's Commissioners Bryan Shaw and Toby Baker, and the City of Lubbock · 522 S.W.3d 506
• Public Util. Com'n v. CITY PUBLIC SER. BD. · 53 S.W.3d 310
• FM Properties Operating Co. v. City of Austin · 22 S.W.3d 868
• Texas Municipal Power Agency v. Public Utility Commission of Texas · 253 S.W.3d 184
• Texas Building Owners & Managers Ass'n v. Public Utility Commission · 110 S.W.3d 524
• ASAP Paging Inc. v. Public Utility Commission of Texas · 213 S.W.3d 380
• State v. Exiga · 71 S.W.3d 429
• Southwestern Electric Power Co. v. Grant · 73 S.W.3d 211
• Osterberg v. Peca · 12 S.W.3d 31
• Quick v. City of Austin · 7 S.W.3d 109

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