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MERIDIAN v. SOUTHERN BELL T. & T. CO.

No. 546.

358 U.S. 639 (1959)

CITY OF MERIDIAN v. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Ethridge, Jr. and Lester E. Wills for appellant.

Charles B. Snow and John A. Boykin, Jr. for appellee.

Tally D. Riddell filed a brief on behalf of the City of Gulfport et al., as amici curiae, in support of appellant.

PER CURIAM.

Appellee instituted this suit for a declaratory judgment that a 1956 Mississippi statute imposing a charge on public utilities for the use of public streets and places does not apply to it, and, if it does, violates the Federal and State Constitutions. It was tried before a single district judge. After trial the district judge wrote an opinion (154 F.Supp. 736) and then entered a judgment which

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