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

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Ottinger v. Consolidated Gas Co.


No. 357


Argued October 18, 19, 1926
Decided November 29, 1926
272 U.S. 576

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN 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. 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 General of the State and the New York Public Service Commission.