CHICKASHA COTTON OIL CO. v. CORP. COMM.

No. 48956.

562 P.2d 507 (1977)

CHICKASHA COTTON OIL COMPANY, a corporation, et al., Petitioners, v. The CORPORATION COMMISSION of the State of Oklahoma and the Public Service Company of Oklahoma, a corporation, Respondents, v. LINCOLN PROPERTY CO. et al., Intervenors.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

March 8, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry Shipley, Noble, for petitioners.

Jack A. Swidensky, Gen. Counsel, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Oklahoma City, Robert L. Lawrence, Tulsa, for respondents.

Harry M. Crowe, Jr., Crowe & Thieman, Charles E. Norman, Rizley, Prichard, Ford, Norman & Reed, E.H. Gubser, Larry B. Ferguson, Kenneth C. Ellison, Tulsa, for intervenors.

Robert A. Huffman, John L. Arrington, Jr., Thomas J. Kirby, Huffman, Arrington, Scheurich & Kihle, Tulsa, for Oklahoma Natural Gas Co., amicus curiae.

William L. Anderson, Oklahoma City, for Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co., Southern Union Gas Co., Arkansas, Oklahoma Gas Corp., Pact Gas Co., Velma Gas Co., Avant Gas Co., C.C.I. Gas Co., and Yale Gas Co., amici curiae.

H. Duane Stratton, Hugh D. Rice, Rainey, Wallace, Ross & Cooper, Oklahoma City, for Oklahoma Gas and Elec. Co., amici curiae.

Frank M. Ogden, Ogden, Ogden & Board, Guymon, for Southwestern Public Service Co., amicus curiae.

Robert L. Hawkins, Jr., Hawkins, Brydon & Swearengen, Jefferson City, Mo., for The Empire District Elec. Co., amicus curiae.

Jay M. Galt, Watts, Looney, Nichols, Johnson & Hayes, Oklahoma City, for Oklahoma Ass'n of Elec. Cooperatives, Inc.

William L. Anderson, Oklahoma City, for Allied Tel. Co., Chickasaw Tel. Co., Continental Tel. Co. of Oklahoma, and Pine Tel. Co., amici curiae.

Lee B. Thompson, Thompson, Nance, Harbour & Selph, Oklahoma City, Hubert M. Preston, San Angelo, Tex., for General Tel. Co. of the Southwest, amicus curiae.

Robert D. Allen, Oklahoma City, for Southwestern Bell Tel. Co., amicus curiae.


BARNES, Justice.

This is a class action brought on behalf of Petitioners and all classes of persons receiving electrical service from The Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSC) under special tariffs which were in effect prior to April 15, 1975, asking that PSC be prohibited from charging and that the Corporation Commission be prohibited from enforcing the new rates promulgated in Corporation Commission Order No. 112286, promulgated April 15, 1975, in Corporation...

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