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WEST v. C. & P. TEL. CO.

No. 648.

295 U.S. 662 (1935)

55 S.Ct. 894

79 L.Ed. 1640

WEST ET AL. v. CHESAPEAKE & POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY OF BALTIMORE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 3, 1935.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Richard F. Cleveland and John Henry Lewin, with whom Mr. Herman M. Moser was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Charles McHenry Howard, with whom Messrs. Raymond S. Williams, R.A. Van Orsdel, T. Baxter Milne, C.M. Bracelen, and John H. Ray were on the brief, for appellee.

By leave of Court, Messrs. Randolph Barton, Jr., and Forrest Bramble filed a brief on behalf of the Retail Merchants Association of Baltimore, as amicus curiae.

MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Early in 1933 the Public Service Commission of Maryland undertook an investigation of the rates and charges of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Baltimore, and after extended hearings entered an order November 28, 1933, directing the company to put into effect January 1, 1934, reductions in its rates, sufficient to diminish annual net income by $1,000,000...

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