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Mangum Electric Co. v. Russell

263 U.S. 675 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1923-10-08 Docket No. 23 English

Delivered by Per Curiam.

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p. 675
No. 23.
Mangum Electric Company v. Campbell Russell et al., Individually, etc.

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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma.
Submitted October 3, 1923.
Decided October 8, 1923.
Mr. George F. Short and Mr. C. A. Galbraith for ap-pellees. No brief filed for appellant.

Action below to enjoin utility rates as in violation of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Rates sustained as reasonable by State Commission, State Supreme Court, and the United States District Court below. Appellees have filed brief. Appellant has failed to do so. The Court declines, in the absence of a brief, to examine a lengthy record to determine whether the evidence contained therein overcomes the presumption attaching to the finding of the commission and two courts, Decree affirmed.

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