ILL. BELL TELE. CO. v. COMMERCE COM'N

Nos. 32519, 32548.

414 Ill. 275 (1953)

111 N.E.2d 329

ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Appellee, v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, Appellant. — THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Appellee, v. ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION ex rel. Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 26, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

IVAN A. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, (WILLIAM R. MING, JR., MILTON MALLIN, and WILBUR S. LEGG, of counsel,) for the Illinois Commerce Commission, appellant.

SIDLEY, AUSTIN, BURGESS & SMITH, of Chicago, REID & OCHSENSCHLAGER, of Aurora, and FRANK R. REID, of Aurora, for Illinois Bell Telephone Co., appellant and appellee.

JOHN J. MORTIMER, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago, (JOSEPH F. GROSSMAN, and GERALD M. CHAPMAN, of counsel,) for the city of Chicago, appellee.

RALPH F. LESEMANN, RICHARD J. FALETTI, ALBERT TUXHORN, GENE D. WEISIGER, and MILLIKEN, VOLLERS & PARSONS, (KEITH I. PARSONS, of counsel,) as amici curiae on rehearing.


Superior court reversed; circuit court affirmed, and cause remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE MAXWELL delivered the opinion of the court:

These proceedings arise out of the filing of new schedules increasing rates by Illinois Bell Telephone Company with the Illinois Commerce Commission on January 12, 1951. By orders entered December 10, 1951, and December 12, 1951, the commission cancelled all of such rate schedules. The city...

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