GULF STATES UTILITIES CO. v. LOUISIANA PUB. SERV. COM'N

No. 40961.

62 So.2d 250 (1952)

222 La. 132

GULF STATES UTILITIES CO. v. LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied December 15, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Taylor, Porter, Brooks, Fuller & Phillips, Baton Rouge, and Baker, Botts, Andrews & Parish, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Fred S. LeBlanc, Atty. Gen. and George Mathews, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendants-appellees.


McCALEB, Justice.

On May 28th 1951, appellant, Gulf States Utilities Company, filed an application with the Louisiana Public Service Commission for authority to increase its rate for electric utility service in the state of Louisiana by 20% which, it alleged, would provide it with a rate of return on its depreciated investment of less than 61/3% per annum. In due course, an examination of the corporation's affairs in Louisiana was made by the Commission's staff and...

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