Supreme Court of the United States, 1923

Mangum Electric Co. v. Russell

Mangum Electric Co. v. Russell
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 8, 1923
263 U.S. 675; 44 S. Ct. 4; 68 L. Ed. 501; 1923 U.S. LEXIS 2839 (United States Reports)

Mangum Electric Co. v. Russell

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

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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