NAPA VALLEY ELECTRIC CO. v. R.R. COMM.

No. 401.

251 U.S. 366 (1920)

40 S.Ct. 174

64 L.Ed. 310

NAPA VALLEY ELECTRIC COMPANY v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 19, 1920.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. D.L. Beard, with whom Mr. Milton T. U'Ren was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Douglas Brookman for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

Appeal from decree of the District Court dismissing bill of appellant, herein called the Electric Company, upon motion of appellees, herein called the Commission.

The ground of the motion and the decree sustaining it was that it appeared from the averments of the bill that the controversy it stated was res judicata. The bill is long but the grounds of it can be stated with fair brevity. The Electric...

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