Ottinger v. Brooklyn Union Gas Co., 272 U.S. 579 (1926)

Name: Ottinger v. Brooklyn Union Gas Co., 272 U.S. 579 (1926) - Syllabus
Author: U.S. Supreme Court

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Ottinger v. Brooklyn Union Gas Company

Nos. 358

, 365

Argued October 18, 19, 1926
Decided November 29, 1926
272 U.S. 579

APPEALS FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

Syllabus

An Act of New York, c. 899, (1923), prescribing a gas rate of one dollar per thousand feet, held confiscatory. P. 581.

7 F.2d 19, id. 628, modified and affirmed.

Appeals from decrees of the district court enjoining enforcement of a New York rate-fixing statute in suits by the Brooklyn Union Gas Company and the Kings County Lighting Company against the Attorney General of the State and the New York Public Service Commission.

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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Ottinger v. Brooklyn Union Gas Co., 272 U.S. 579 (1926) in 272 U.S. 579 272 U.S. 580. Original Sources, accessed April 17, 2025, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H9IVFR5RMX73ZQ9.

MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Ottinger v. Brooklyn Union Gas Co., 272 U.S. 579 (1926), in 272 U.S. 579, page 272 U.S. 580. Original Sources. 17 Apr. 2025. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H9IVFR5RMX73ZQ9.

Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Ottinger v. Brooklyn Union Gas Co., 272 U.S. 579 (1926). cited in 1926, 272 U.S. 579, pp.272 U.S. 580. Original Sources, retrieved 17 April 2025, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H9IVFR5RMX73ZQ9.

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