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DENNEY v. PACIFIC TEL. CO.

Nos. 150 and 151.

276 U.S. 97 (1928)

DENNEY, AS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS OF WASHINGTON, ET AL., v. PACIFIC TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY. SAME v. HOME TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 20, 1928.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. John H. Dunbar and Arthur Schramm, with whom Messrs. H.C. Brodie, Thomas J.L. Kennedy, J.M. Geraghty and Alex M. Winson were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Otto B. Rupp, with whom Messrs. H.D. Pillsbury, Frank T. Post and C.M. Bracelen were on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

It will be convenient to dispose of these causes by one opinion as was done in the court below. Pacific Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Whitcomb, et al., 12 F.2d 279.

Appellees operate telephone plants in Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane, Washington, under local franchises which designated maximum permissible rates. These were granted prior to 1911, but after adoption...

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