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OTTINGER V. CONSOLIDATED GAS CO., 272 U. S. 576 (1926)

272 U. S. 576

U.S. Supreme Court

Ottinger v. Consolidated Gas Co., 272 U.S. 576 (1926)

Ottinger v. Consolidated Gas Co.

No. 357

Argued October 18, 19, 1926

Decided November 29, 1926

272 U.S. 576

Syllabus

An Act of New York, c. 899, (1923), prescribing a gas rate of one dollar per thousand feet, held confiscatory. P. 272 U. S. 579.

6 F.2d 243 modified and affirmed.

Appeal from a judgment of the district court enjoining enforcement of a New York rate-fixing statute in a suit brought by the gas company against the Attorney clubjuris

Page 272 U. S. 577

General of the State and the New York Public Service Commission.


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