Cumberland Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Louisiana P.S.C., 260 U.S. 212 (1922)
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Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company v.
Louisiana Public Service Commission
No. 650
Argued on return to rule to show cause why supersedeas and injunction
should not be set aside and injunction dissolved, November 13, 1922
Decided November 20, 1922
260 U.S. 212
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
Syllabus
1. Upon appeal from an order merely refusing a preliminary injunction, under Jud.Code § 266, there is nothing upon which a supersedeas may operate. P. 215.
2. Under Jud.Code, § 266, a single judge, in allowing an appeal from an order of the district court, constituted of three judges, denying a preliminary injunction is without power to grant a continuance of a temporary restraining order pending the appeal, and his order to that effect is void. P. 216.
3. Equity Rule 74, which authorizes a justice or judge who took part in a decision granting or dissolving an injunction to suspend, modify, or restore the injunction pending appeal, does not apply to an appeal from an order refusing a preliminary injunction under Jud.Code § 266. P. 217.
4. Where an interlocutory injunction has been refused in a case governed by Jud.Code § 266, an application for injunction pending appeal must be presented to the three judges, and, except in extraordinary circumstances, only after notice, and its allowance must be evidenced by their signatures or by announcement in open court with the three judges sitting, followed by a formal order tested as they direct. P. 218.
5. The granting of such an injunction pending appeal is within the power of this Court, but application therefor will generally be referred to the Court of three judges who heard the case upon its merits and are familiar with the record. P. 219.
Motion by the appellees to set aside an order of supersedeas and injunction granted by a district judge in connection with an appeal from an order of the district court, constituted of three judges, refusing an interlocutory injunction in appellant’s suit to enjoin appellees, members of a state commission, from reducing its rates for telephone service. Application to this Court by appellant for an injunction maintaining the status quo. For the opinion of the court below denying the interlocutory injunction, see 283 F. 215.