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PACIFIC TEL. CO. v. KUYKENDALL

Nos. 540 and 789.

265 U.S. 196 (1924)

44 S.Ct. 553

68 L.Ed. 975

PACIFIC TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY v. KUYKENDALL, AS DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS OF WASHINGTON, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 26, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Otto B. Rupp, with whom Mr. Frank T. Post, Mr. H.D. Pillsbury, Mr. C.M. Bracelen and Mr. W.V. Tanner were on the briefs, for appellant.

Mr. John H. Dunbar, Attorney General of the State of Washington, Mr. Thos. J.L. Kennedy and Mr. Alex M. Winston, with whom Mr. H.C. Brodie, Mr. J.M. Geraghty and Mr. E.K. Murray were on the briefs, for appellees.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.

These are two appeals from the District Court in the same case involving the question of the confiscatory character of rates for telephone service within the State of Washington and in the cities of Seattle and Tacoma, to which rates the appellant company is limited by a refusal of the Department of Public Works to permit an increase thereof. The Pacific Telephone...

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