Williams Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.

Decided September 27, 1956. Nels G. Johnson wrote the opinion for the court.

79 N.W.2d 508 · Cited 50 times

Official text

Read the full opinion (CourtListener)

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

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.

• Otter Tail Power Co. v. Clark · 229 N.W. 915
• Ohio Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Utilities Commission · 301 U.S. 292
• Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. v. R.R. Comm'n · 160 P. 828
• Western Ass'n of Short Line R.R. v. R.R. Comm'n · 162 P. 391
• Chrysler Light & Power Co. v. City of Belfield · 224 N.W. 871
• Kosciusko County Rural Electric Membership Corp. v. Public Service Commission · 77 N.E.2d 572
• Motor Transit Co. v. Railroad Commission · 209 P. 586
• Lien v. Northwestern Engineering Co. · 39 N.W.2d 483
• In Re Theel Brpthers Rapid Transit Co. · 6 N.W.2d 560
• Labarthe v. McRae · 35 Cal. App. 2d 734
• Hanlon v. Eshleman · 146 P. 656
• Dr. R. D. Eaton Chemical Co. v. Doherty · 31 N.D. 175
• Application of Ditsworth · 48 N.W.2d 22
• Great Northern Railway Co. v. McDonnell · 45 N.W.2d 721
• Lyons v. Otter Tail Power Co. · 280 N.W. 192
• Public Utilities Commission v. Congdon · 137 Me. 216

Explore from here

Nels G. Johnson’s Judicial Record · N.D. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).