OHIO BELL TEL. CO. v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMM'N.

No. 539.

301 U.S. 292 (1937)

OHIO BELL TELEPHONE CO. v. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 26, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. W.H. Thompson and Karl E. Burr, with whom Messrs. W.B. Stewart, Ashley M. Van Duzer, Thomas V. Koykka, and Charles M. Bracelen were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Donald C. Power and Mr. W.W. Metcalf, Assistant Attorney General of Ohio, with whom Messrs. Herbert S. Duffy, Attorney General, and A.F. O'Neil, Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE CARDOZO delivered the opinion of the Court.

The rates chargeable by the appellant, the Ohio Bell Telephone Company, for intrastate telephone service to subscribers and patrons in Ohio are the subject-matter of this controversy.

Appellant was reorganized in September, 1921, by consolidation with the Ohio State Telephone Company, till then a competitor. Soon afterwards it filed with the Public Utilities...

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