Wisconsin Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission

Decided March 11, 1939. Marvin Bristol Rosenberry wrote the opinion for the court.

287 N.W. 593 · Cited 86 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.

• Smith v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co. · 282 U.S. 133
• Prendergast v. New York Telephone Co. · 262 U.S. 43
• Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Wallace · 75 P.2d 942
• Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Department of Public Works · 268 U.S. 39
• Board of Public Utility Commissioners v. New York Telephone Co. · 271 U.S. 23
• State v. Tri-State Telephone and Telegraph Co. · 284 N.W. 294
• State ex rel. Madison Airport Co. v. Wrabetz · 231 Wis. 147
• General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp. v. Industrial Commission · 223 Wis. 635
• Chicago Railways Co. v. City of Chicago · 292 Ill. 190
• Waukesha Gas & Electric Co. v. Railroad Commission · 181 Wis. 281
• Wisconsin-Minnesota Light & Power Co. v. Railroad Commission · 183 Wis. 96
• Smyth v. Ames · 169 U.S. 466
• Darnell v. Edwards · 244 U.S. 564
• Wisconsin Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission · 287 N.W. 167

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• Friends of the Earth v. Public Service Commission · 254 N.W.2d 299
• Milwaukee & Suburban Transport Corp. v. Public Service Commission · 13 Wis. 2d 384
• State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. General Telephone Co. of the Southeast · 189 S.E.2d 705
• Madison Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Service Commission · 441 N.W.2d 311
• Madison Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Service Commission · 313 N.W.2d 847
• Davenport Water Co. v. Iowa State Commerce Commission · 190 N.W.2d 583
• In INTEREST OF DH v. State · 251 N.W.2d 196
• Michigan Bell Telephone Co. v. Public Service Commission · 24 N.W.2d 200
• Wisconsin's Environmental Decade, Inc. v. Public Service Commission · 260 N.W.2d 712
• State Ex Rel. Pac. T. T. Co. v. D.P.S. · 142 P.2d 498
• Hortonville Education Ass'n v. Hortonville Joint School District No 1 · 225 N.W.2d 658
• State ex rel. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Department of Public Service · 19 Wash. 2d 200
• American Brass Co. v. State Board of Health · 15 N.W.2d 27
• United Parcel Service v. Public Service Commission · 5 N.W.2d 635
• Wisconsin Public Service Corp. v. Public Service Commission of Wisconsin · 457 N.W.2d 502
• Department of Natural Resources v. City of Clintonville · 191 N.W.2d 866
• Cities & Villages of Algoma v. Public Service Commission · 283 N.W.2d 261
• State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. Edmisten · 232 S.E.2d 184
• Clean Wisconsin, Inc. v. Public Service Commission · 2005 WI 93
• Steen v. Board of Civil Service Commissioners · 26 Cal. 2d 716
• Alabama Public Service Commission v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 42 So. 2d 655
• Attorney General v. Department of Public Utilities · 455 N.E.2d 414
• Responsible Use of Rural & Agricultural Land v. Public Service Commission · 2000 WI 129
• Rockefeller v. Hogue · 429 S.W.2d 85
• Madison Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Service Commission · 325 N.W.2d 339

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