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MIDLAND CO. v. K.C. POWER & LIGHT CO.,

No. 217.

300 U.S. 109 (1937)

57 S.Ct. 345

81 L.Ed. 540

MIDLAND REALTY CO. v. KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 1, 1937.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Elliott H. Jones, with whom Mr. William C. Scarritt was on the brief, for appellant.

Messrs. Ludwick Graves and Irvin Fane, with whom Mr. William Chamberlain was on the brief, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The questions for decision are whether, as construed in this case by the highest court of Missouri, the statutes of that State regulating public utilities violate Art. I, § 10 of the Constitution of the United States, declaring that "No State shall. . . pass any . . . Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts .. .," or § 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment declaring "nor shall any State deprive any person...

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