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

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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.