City of Meridian v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1959-02-24

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Per Curiam. Appellee instituted this suit for a declaratory judgment that a 1956 Mississippi statute imposing a charge on public utilities for the use of public streets and places does not apply to it, and, if it does, violates the Federal and State Constitutions. It was tried before a single district judge. After trial the district judge wrote an opinion (<span class="citation"…

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