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NEW YORK EX REL. WOODHAVEN GAS LIGHT CO. v. PUB. SER. COM.

No. 33.

269 U.S. 244 (1925)

46 S.Ct. 83

70 L.Ed. 255

NEW YORK EX REL. WOODHAVEN GAS LIGHT COMPANY v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 23, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jackson A. Dykman, with whom Mr. William N. Dykman was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Edward M. Deegan, with whom Mr. Charles G. Blakeslee was on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The gas company challenges the validity of an order of the Public Service Commission on the ground that it confiscates the company's property, is arbitrary and capricious, and therefore repugnant to the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

The order was made April 20, 1920, and directed the company to extend its mains to furnish gas to the residents...

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