State ex rel. Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc. v. Kiroff
Cases that cite this one
7 later published cases cite this decision.
- Gallo Displays, Inc. v. Cleveland Public Power (Ohio Ct. App. 1992)
- Kazmaier Supermarket, Inc. v. Toledo Edison Co. (Ohio 1991)
- Farra v. City of Dayton (Ohio Ct. App. 1989)
- State ex rel. Dayton Power & Light Co. v. Kistler (Ohio 1979)
- East Ohio Gas Co. v. City of Akron (Ohio Ct. App. 1978)
- Steffen v. General Telephone Co. (Ohio Ct. App. 1978)
- Milligan v. Ohio Bell Telephone Co. (Ohio 1978)
This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.
Opinion of the Court
The principal question presented is whether a Court of Common Pleas has jurisdiction to consider the lawfulness of rates being charged by a public utility.
R. C. 4903.12 states “UCo court other than the Supreme Court shall have power to review, suspend or delay any order made by the Public Utilities Commission * *
In State, ex rel. Northern Ohio Telephone Co., v. Winter (1970), 23 Ohio St. 2d 6, this court stated in the first paragraph of the syllabus that “ [t]he General Assembly, by the enactment of statutory provisions requiring a public utility to file and adhere to rate schedules, * * * has lodged exclusive jurisdiction in such matters in the Public Utilities Commission, subject to review by the Supreme Court. ’ ’
There being an unauthorized assumption of judicial authority by the respondents, as judges of their respective Common Pleas Courts, for which no adequate remedy at law is shown, a writ of prohibition will issue as requested by relator.
Writ allowed.
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