Bluefield Waterworks Improvement Co v. Public Service Commission of West Virginia, No. 256

CourtUnited States Supreme Court
Writing for the CourtBUTLER
Citation67 L.Ed. 1176,262 U.S. 679,43 S.Ct. 675
PartiesBLUEFIELD WATERWORKS & IMPROVEMENT CO. v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA et al
Docket NumberNo. 256
Decision Date11 June 1923
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  • Part II
    • United States
    • Federal Register May 07, 2008
    • May 7, 2008
    ...'' citing FPC v. Natural Gas Pipeline Co., 315 U.S. at 586). \580\ Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Co. v. Public Service Commission, 262 U.S. 679, 692-93 (1923) (Bluefield) (``[a] public utility is entitled to such rates as will permit it to earn a return * * * equal to that generally......
  • Lowry, Ins. Com'r. v. City of Clarksdale, 27796
    • United States
    • Mississippi Supreme Court
    • May 6, 1929
    ...Ohio Valley Water Co. v. Borough, 253 U.S. 287, 64 L. Ed., 908; Ex parte Young, 52 L.Ed. 714; Bluefield Waterworks v. Service Com., 262 U.S. 679, 64 L.Ed. 1176; Washington, State of, v. Roberge, Sup. Ct., U.S. 73 L.Ed. 39. POINT IV. Act complained of violates Fourteenth Amendment, Constitut......
  • Pacific Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Public Utilities Commission, S.F. 21788
    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Court (California)
    • April 28, 1965
    ...Natural Gas Co. (1944) supra, 320 U.S. 591, 603, 64 S.Ct. 281, 88 L.Ed. 333, and Bluefield Waterworks & I. Co. v. Pub. Serv. Comm. (1923) 262 U.S. 679, 692-693, 43 S.Ct. 675, 67 L.Ed. 1176, Pacific asserts that the 6.3 per cent rate will deprive it of its right to earn a return on its rate ......
  • State ex rel. City of Wheeling v. Renick, No. 12037
    • United States
    • Supreme Court of West Virginia
    • October 18, 1960
    ...'just and proper." In Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company v. Public Service Commission, 89 W.Va. 736, 110 S.E. 205, reversed in 262 U.S. 679, 43 S.Ct. 675, 67 L.Ed. 1176, this Court held in point 7 of the syllabus that the public service commission had the statutory authority to r......
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  • In re Permian Basin Area Rate Cases. &#8212 102, 105 117, 181 261, 262 266, 388, Nos. 90
    • United States
    • United States Supreme Court
    • May 1, 1968
    ...which are attended by corresponding risks and uncertainties.' Bluefield Water Works & Improvement Co. v. Public Service Comm., 262 U.S. 679, 692, 43 S.Ct. 675, 679, 67 L.Ed. 1176; FPC v. Hope Natural Gas Co., supra, 320 U.S., at 603, 64 S.Ct., at 288. Although other standards might properly......
  • Lowry, Ins. Com'r. v. City of Clarksdale, 27796
    • United States
    • Mississippi Supreme Court
    • May 6, 1929
    ...Ohio Valley Water Co. v. Borough, 253 U.S. 287, 64 L. Ed., 908; Ex parte Young, 52 L.Ed. 714; Bluefield Waterworks v. Service Com., 262 U.S. 679, 64 L.Ed. 1176; Washington, State of, v. Roberge, Sup. Ct., U.S. 73 L.Ed. 39. POINT IV. Act complained of violates Fourteenth Amendment, Constitut......
  • Pacific Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Public Utilities Commission, S.F. 21788
    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Court (California)
    • April 28, 1965
    ...Natural Gas Co. (1944) supra, 320 U.S. 591, 603, 64 S.Ct. 281, 88 L.Ed. 333, and Bluefield Waterworks & I. Co. v. Pub. Serv. Comm. (1923) 262 U.S. 679, 692-693, 43 S.Ct. 675, 67 L.Ed. 1176, Pacific asserts that the 6.3 per cent rate will deprive it of its right to earn a return on its rate ......
  • State ex rel. City of Wheeling v. Renick, No. 12037
    • United States
    • Supreme Court of West Virginia
    • October 18, 1960
    ...'just and proper." In Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company v. Public Service Commission, 89 W.Va. 736, 110 S.E. 205, reversed in 262 U.S. 679, 43 S.Ct. 675, 67 L.Ed. 1176, this Court held in point 7 of the syllabus that the public service commission had the statutory authority to r......
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