 | United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1923 - 872 pages
...deprives the public utility company of its property, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. P. 690. 5. A public utility is entitled to such rates as will...permit it to earn a return on the value of the property it employs for the convenience of the public equal to that generally being made at the same time, and... | |
 | Law - 1923 - 582 pages
...where Ju.tice Butler said: "The company contends that the rate of return is too low and confiscatory. What annual rate will constitute just compensation depends upon many circumstances and oust be determined by the exercise of a fair and enlightened judgment, having regard to all relevant... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1924 - 1052 pages
...the capital invested. In Bluefield Co. v. Public Service Commission, supra, Mr. Justice Butler says : "What annual rate will constitute just compensation...enlightened judgment, having regard to all relevant facts." He notes with approval the decision of the Supreme Court in Willcox v. Consolidated Gas Co., 212 US... | |
 | New York (State). Public Service Commission - Public utilities - 1927 - 480 pages
...Supreme Court of the United States in Bluefield Co. v. Public Service Commission, 262 US 679 said: "What annual rate will constitute just compensation...having regard to all relevant facts. A public utility ig entitled to such rates as will permit it to earn a return on the value of the property which it... | |
 | Social sciences - 1927 - 734 pages
...(1909)'"State Public Utilities Commission v. Chicago and West Towns Railway Co., 275 111. 555 (1916). tute just compensation depends upon many circumstances...enlightened judgment, having regard to all relevant facts.""7 It holds that a public utility is entitled to such rates as will permit it to earn a return... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature - New York (State) - 1927 - 1530 pages
...is too low and confiscat-тт. What annual rate will constitute just compensation depends upon inisy circumstances and must be determined by the exercise of a fair and ealiffhtened judgment, having ^regard to all relevant facts. A public utility л eatitled to euch rates... | |
 | Taylor Ellis Groninger - Court rules - 1928 - 416 pages
...utility, but adhered strictly to the principles enunciated in the Consolidated Gas case above, and said : "What annual rate will constitute just compensation...of a fair and enlightened judgment, having regard for all relevant facts. A public utility is entitled to such rates as will permit it to earn a return... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce - 1945 - 1550 pages
...the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the Bluefield case.1 in that case the Court said : "What annual rate will constitute just compensation...relevant facts. A public utility is entitled to such i.-itcs HM will permit it to earn a return on the value of the property which it (•mpluys for the... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance - Corporations - 1950 - 894 pages
...in the Bluefleld Water Works & Improvement Co. case, in their determination of reasonable earnings : "What annual rate will constitute just compensation...A public utility is entitled to such rates as will premit it to earn a return on the value of the property which it employs for the convenience of the... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Finance - 1950 - 910 pages
...in the Bluefield Water Works & Improvement Co. case, in their determination of reasonable earnings: "What annual rate will constitute just compensation...A public utility is entitled to such rates as will premit it to earn a return on the value of the property which it employs for the convenience of the... | |
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A public utility is entitled to such rates as will permit it to earn a return on the value of the property which it employs for the convenience of the public equal to that generally being made at the same time and in the same general part of the country... 
